Tuostakh River
The Tuostakh (; , Tuostaax) is a river in the Verkhoyansk District, Sakha (Yakutia), Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. The river is long, having a drainage basin of .
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- Тuostаkh
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- Kisilyakh Mountains - ONC C-6.jpg
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- Map section showing part of the course of the Tuostakh in the lower center
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- Russia Sakha Republic
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- Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
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- Confluence of rivers Khara-Sala and Boldymba
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- Adycha
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- Yakutia, Russia
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The Tuostakh (; , Tuostaax) is a river in the Verkhoyansk District, Sakha (Yakutia), Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. The river is long, having a drainage basin of .
Grayling, lenok and taimen are found in the waters of the river. The name of the river originated in the Yakut word "tuos", meaning "birch" The nearest city is Batagay, and the nearest airfield Batagay Airport. == Course == The Tuostakh begins in the middle section of the Chersky Range at the confluence of rivers Khara-Sala and Boldymba in the western slopes of the Dogdo Range, between the Polar circle and the northern end of the Chibagalakh Range. It heads roughly northwest meandering slowly across a very swampy area dotted with small lakes where it divides into channels. After turning west in a wide arch at the feet of the southern side of the Kisilyakh Range the river joins the right bank of the Adycha downstream from the Charky.