Chegitun River
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The Chegitun () is a river located in the Chukotka Peninsula in Far East Siberia. It is the easternmost river flowing into the Chukchi Sea from the Siberian side, which makes it the easternmost significant river of the Eurasian continent. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Key facts
- River.name
- Chegitun
- River.image
- Chukchi Sea5CGT.png
- River.image_caption
- Location of the Chegitun River course
- River.source1_location
- Ghenkanyi Range
- River.mouth
- Chukchi Sea
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Chukotka, Russia
- River.length_km
- 137
- River.tributaries_left
- Linkultveyem, Runliveyem, Kaatapveyem, Tanatap, Tagenkytop, Vetkhuvaam
- River.tributaries_right
- Khrebetna, Runliveyem, Kelkhiuyem, Melyuluelkalveyem, Hesmymken, Keseteveyem, Putukuneyveyem, Gunguveem, Ikkiveyem
- River.basin_size_km2
- 4120
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 1
- Image
- Chukchi Sea5CGT.png
- Length
- 137
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Chukchi Sea
- watershed area
- 4120
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The Chegitun () is a river located in the Chukotka Peninsula in Far East Siberia. It is the easternmost river flowing into the Chukchi Sea from the Siberian side, which makes it the easternmost significant river of the Eurasian continent. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The name of the river is based in the Eskimo–Aleut term Sahtuk, meaning 'straightened', which became Чегтун in the Chukchi language.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chegitun River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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