Nuora (Lena)

Nuora (Strekalovka) Нуора (Стрекаловка)
The Nuora near its mouth
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Location
Country	Russian Federation
Federal subject	Yakutia
District	Zhigansky District
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Central Yakutian Lowland
• coordinates	66°33′58″N 122°53′51″E / 66.56611°N 122.89750°E / 66.56611; 122.89750
• elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Mouth	Lena
• location	Zhigansk
• coordinates	66°46′31″N 123°22′52″E / 66.77528°N 123.38111°E / 66.77528; 123.38111
• elevation	30 m (98 ft)
Length	69 km (43 mi)
Basin size	1,110 km2 (430 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Nuora (Russian: Нуора or "Нуорда"^[1] —now obsolete), also known as Strekalovka (Russian: Стрекаловка) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Lena with a length of 69 kilometres (43 mi). Its drainage basin area is 1,110 square kilometres (430 sq mi).^[1]

The river flows across Zhigansky District and has its mouth by Zhigansk, the district capital.^[2]

The Nuora is a minor left tributary of the Lena. It has its sources in an area of lakes, the largest of which is Lake Taryn (Озеро Тарын), in the northern area of the Central Yakutian Lowland.^[3] It is formed at the confluence of two small rivers, the 20 km (12 mi) long Aly-Nuora and the 28 km (17 mi) long Bestyakh-Nuora. It flows in a roughly northeastern direction forming meanders in the floodplain to the south of the Khoruongka. Finally it meets the left bank of the Lena at Zhigansk, 754 kilometres (469 mi) from its mouth.^[4][2]

The river is fed by rain and snow. It freezes in mid-October and stays under ice until late May or early June. Its main tributaries are the 28 km (17 mi) long Bestyakh-Nuora from the right and the 30 km (19 mi) long Povarnya from the left.^[1]

• List of rivers of Russia

• Media related to Strekalovka River at Wikimedia Commons
• Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia
• Melnikov Permafrost Institute - Expeditions