| Alakit Алакит | |
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 Course of the AlakitONC map section | |
  Alakit (Russia) Show map of Russia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Alakit-Kyuel |
| • coordinates | 65°53′21″N110°53′51″E / 65.88917°N 110.89750°E /65.88917; 110.89750 |
| • elevation | 628 m (2,060 ft) |
| Mouth | Olenyok |
• coordinates | 67°07′41″N109°54′16″E / 67.12806°N 109.90444°E /67.12806; 109.90444 67°07′41″N 109°54′16″E |
• elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Length | 232 km (144 mi) (344 km (214 mi)) |
| Basin size | 11,800 km2 (4,600 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Olenyok→Laptev Sea |
TheAlakit (Russian:Алакит) is a river inYakutia (Sakha Republic),Russia. It is atributary of theOlenyok with a length of 232 kilometres (144 mi) and adrainage basin area of 11,800 square kilometres (4,600 sq mi).[1]
The river flows across a lonely, desolate area ofMirninsky andOlenyoksky districts. Currently there are no settlements, but a small village named Alakit was located by the river in its upper course, a little upstream of the mouth of the Yuyose-Delingde, a left tributary.[2][3]
The Daldyn-Alakitkimberlite field is located between the upper Alakit in the west and the Daldyn River byUdachnaya in the east.[4][5]
The Alakit is a right tributary of the Olenyok. It originates in a small lake of the northeastern side of theCentral Siberian Plateau. The river flows roughly northwestwards or northwards all along its course. In some stretches it formsmeanders and there are lakes near its channel in certain sections of its course. Finally it meets the right bank of the Olenyok 1,868 km (1,161 mi) from its mouth.[3][6]
The river is fed by rain and snow. Owing to the severe climate of the plateau it is frozen between early October and late May. The longest tributaries are the 95 kilometres (59 mi) long Lower Bolshaya Kounda and the 106 kilometres (66 mi) long Upper Bolshaya Kounda from the left, as well as the 127 kilometres (79 mi) long Mastaakh from the right.[1][7]
