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Lungkha

The 864th longest river in the world

508 km

The Lungkha (Yakut, Luŋxa) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is the 14th longest tributary of the Lena with a length of 508 kilometres (316 mi) —533 kilometres (331 mi) counting its Yychaky tributary. Its drainage basin area is 10,300 square kilometres (4, 000 mi2). A331 highway passes close to the river near its origin. The villages of Oyun-Unguokhtakh, Argas and Taas-Tumus are located by the river. The last 72 kilometres (45 mi) stretch of the Lungkha is navigable.

Flows through: Russia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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