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The Motorchuna () is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Lena with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . Since its river basin is uninhabited, the Motorchuna is one of the most untouched rivers in Yakutia; the waters are clean and there is abundant wildlife.

Key facts

River.name
Motorchuna
River.other_name
Моторчуна
River.image
Motorchuna ONC C-6.jpg
River.image_caption
Course of the Motorchuna map section
River.source1_location
Central Siberian Plateau
River.mouth
Lena
River.mouth_location
Zhigansky District
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Russia
River.pushpin_map
Russia Sakha Republic
River.pushpin_map_caption
Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Course
  • Tributaries
  • Flora and fauna
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Motorchuna () is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Lena with a length of . Its drainage basin area is . Since its river basin is uninhabited, the Motorchuna is one of the most untouched rivers in Yakutia; the waters are clean and there is abundant wildlife.

The name of the river comes from the Even "mo/tor/chu" (мо/тор/чу), meaning "tree/pass/river".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Motorchuna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

4 mapped locations