Amguema | |
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Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• coordinates | 68°49′N 177°24′E / 68.817°N 177.400°E |
Mouth | Chukchi Sea |
• coordinates | 68°15′12″N 177°25′26″W / 68.2533°N 177.4239°W |
Length | 498 km (309 mi) |
Basin size | 28,100 km2 (10,800 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 285 m3/s (10,100 cu ft/s) |
The Amguema ( Russian: Амгуэ́ма, Chukot: Оʼмваам, O'mvaam; [1] in its upper course Вульвывее́м, Vulvyveyem [2]) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. [3] It is 498 kilometres (309 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 28,100 square kilometres (10,800 sq mi). [4]
Upriver there is the small town of Amguema, where about 600 mostly Chukchi people live. [5]
The Amguema flows roughly from SW to NE across the Chukotka Mountains. It belongs to the Amguema basin. It empties into the Chukchi Sea between Cape Schmidt and Cape Vankarem. [6] The 154 km (96 mi) long Ekityki on the left is the main tributary of the Amguema. [4]