Sundrun

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The Sundrun (Template:Langx) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation. It is Script error: No such module "convert". long, and has a drainage basin of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]

Course

It has its sources in the Ulakhan-Sis Range and flows roughly northeastwards across the Kondakov Plateau.[2] Leaving the uplands, it crosses the Yana-Indigirka Lowland tundra, part of the greater East Siberian Lowland. It flows first in a roughly eastern and then, more than halfway through its course, in a northern direction. Its mouth is in the East Siberian Sea at the western end of the Kolyma Bay.[3] The Sundrun River freezes up in early October and remains icebound until June.

Tributaries

The main tributary of the Sundrun is the Script error: No such module "convert". long Maly Khomus-Yuryakh (Малый Хомус-Юрях) from the right.[1]

Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area

The Kytalyk Wetlands, located between the Sundrun and the Khroma, are an ecologically important area, providing a favorable habitat for many rare animals. It is practically uninhabited and full of lakes and marshes. Siberian cranes are abundant in the Sundrun River wetlands.[4]

The lesser white-fronted goose,[5] Brent goose, Bewick's swan and the spectacled eider are also found in the Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area.[6]

There is also a wild reindeer population in the Sundrun basin.[7]

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Location of the Khroma-Sundrun Interfluvial Area; the Sundrun River is on the right.

Sundrun Kekurs

The "Sundrun Kekurs" (Сундрунские кекуры) are the natural kigilyakh-type rock formations of the Ulakhan-Sis Range and Suor Uyata, located in the upper course of the river. [8]

See also

References

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  3. Google Earth
  4. Wetlands
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  6. Spectacled eider
  7. Ivan Sivtsev , The Sundrun population of wild reindeer, The Ninth North American Caribou Workshop, Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada, .
  8. Сундрунские кекуры

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