Kengkeme

The Kenkeme (; , Keŋkeme) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of — together with the Yagas-Yyaabyt at its head— and a drainage basin area of .

The Mirny — Yakutsk stretch of the A331 highway has a bridge over the Kenkeme. The river flows across a desolate region. The only inhabited place in its basin is an Evenk settlement in the middle course. Since it is not far from Yakutsk, the Kenkeme is a popular summer destination for kayaking and rafting. ==Course== The Kenkeme originates in the northeastern edge of the Lena Plateau, at the confluence of the Yagas-Yyaabyt (Ыагас-Ыйаабыт) and Yolyong-Yurege (Ёлёнг-Юрэгэ) rivers. Is sources are about to the west of Yakutsk in a straight line. It heads first in a southeastern direction, bending to the east and then to the north, forming meanders in the floodplain and flowing across the Central Yakutian Lowland parallel to the Khanchaly to the west and the Lena to the east. Finally it joins the left bank of the Lena from its mouth, shortly after the great river makes a big bend to the west; east of the mouth of the Aldan and nearly opposite of the mouth of the Belyanka in the facing bank.