Anadyr River

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The Anadyr River is a major waterway in Russia’s far northeastern Chukotka region, flowing through remote Arctic landscapes into the Gulf of Anadyr in the Bering Sea.

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Anadyr River canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedIndigenousPeoples Chukchi
Even
Yukaghir
basinSize about 191000 square kilometers
climateZone Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

subarctic
continent Asia
country Russia
dischargeLocation Gulf of Anadyr
drainageBasin Bering Sea
surface form: Bering Sea basin
fauna Arctic char
Pacific salmon
Siberian taimen
grayling
whitefish
flowsInto Bering Sea
Gulf of Anadyr
flowsThrough Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
remote Arctic landscapes
freezingPeriod typically from October to late May or June
hasCityOnRiver Anadyr
hasEstuaryType broad estuarine delta
historicalUse route for Russian exploration of Chukotka
route for fur trade
length about 1150 km
locatedIn Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Far Eastern Federal District
locatedInEcoregion Bering Land Bridge
surface form: Beringia
majorTributary Belaya River (Anadyr)
Kanchalan River (via estuarine system)
Main River (Anadyr tributary)
Tanyurer River
Yablon River
mouthLocation Gulf of Anadyr
near Anadyr Bay
navigableSection lower reaches near the mouth
nearbySettlement Markovo
partOf Arctic drainage basin
passesThrough mountain foothills
tundra
wetlands
region Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East

northeastern Siberia
sourceLocation Anadyr Plateau
Kamchatka Peninsula
surface form: Koryak Mountains region
usedFor commercial fishing
local river transport
subsistence fishing

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Operation Anadyr namedAfter Anadyr River
Anadyr locatedOnRiver Anadyr River