Yungyuele

Yungyuele
Yakut: Үнгүөлэ
Yungyuele; Yakut: Үнгүөлэ
	Course of the Yungyuele ONC map section
	Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Aldan Highlands
• elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Mouth	Aldan
• location	Near Chagda
• coordinates	58°48′13″N 130°33′42″E / 58.80361°N 130.56167°ECoordinates: 58°48′13″N 130°33′42″E / 58.80361°N 130.56167°E
• elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Length	239 km (149 mi)
Basin size	12,200 km2 (4,700 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	20 m3/s (710 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Aldan→ Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Yungyuele (Russian: Юнгюэле; Yakut: Үнгүөлэ) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Aldan River of the Lena basin, with a length of 239 kilometres (149 mi) and a drainage basin area of 12,200 square kilometres (4,700 sq mi).^[1] There are no settlements near its banks.^[2]

There are rocks on the banks of the river with petroglyphs depicting deer and human figures which had ritual significance in the culture of the Evenks.^[3]

Course[]

The Yungyuele is the 17th tributary of the Aldan regarding length and basin area. Its source is located on the northern slopes of the Aldan Highlands, at the southern end of Yakutia. The river flows mostly in an ESE direction to the north of the Aldan during all its course. Its valley along the foothills of the Aldan Highlands is deep and narrow, flanked by rocky crags. There is almost no floodplain, except for the final stretch of its course where the Yungyuele makes a wide bend towards the north and joins the right bank of the Aldan 1,211 km (752 mi) from its confluence with the Lena. The village of Chagda is located very close by, in the facing bank of the Aldan.^[2]^[4]

The largest tributaries are the Eyim-Yurekh (Эйим-Юрэх), the 156 km (97 mi) long Kumakhy (Кумахы), and the Edis (Эдьис), all joining the Yungyuele from the left bank. The river is frozen between October and May.^[3]