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Balyktakh

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Balyktakh

 

Bylyktaakh, a river in the Yakut ASSR, on Kotel’nyi Island. Length, 205 km; basin area, 4,110 sq km. It rises on the Tollia Plateau and flows southward, emptying into Smirnitskii Bay. The Balyktakh is fed by runoff from snow and glaciers and also by rainwater.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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