Derbeke
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Derbeke
or Derbeki, a river in Yakut ASSR, left tributary of the Adycha River (lana basin). Length, 389 km; basin area, 14,100 sq km. It rises on the eastern slope of the Khunkhadinskii Range and flows north; in its middle reaches it flows through an extensive swampy basin. The river is fed by snow and rain and freezes over in winter.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.