Anadyr is one of the largest rivers in the Russian Federation. What is known about her? What sea does the Anadyr river flow into? You will learn a lot of interesting things by reading this article.
A few facts from history
Even in the seventeenth century, a winter hut was laid at the mouth of the Anadyr. Many years later, the Anadyr threshold will be founded on the same place. The person who laid the winter hut was Semyon Dezhnev. Until the end of the eighteenth century, merchants from all over Russia constantly gathered here. Their goal was to trade with the locals.
The first historical description of the river belongs to the Russian explorer Mikhail Stadukhin. Exploration of the river began only in the eighteenth century. The first explorer, according to historical documents, is Dmitry Laptev.
At the very beginning of the twentieth century, P. I. Polevoy led an expedition whose purpose was to discover the source of the Anadyr. During that expedition, data were obtained that accurately described the most important tributaries of the reservoir. And it also became known where the Anadyr River flows. Subsequently, the people who took part in the expedition, based on the data obtained, compiled the first topographic map.pool.
General data
The length of the Anadyr River is as much as 1150 km, in turn, the basin area is 191,000 square kilometers. By its size, it is one of the largest in the territory of the Russian Federation. Where does the Anadyr river flow? Its beginning is located on the Anadyr Plateau. The river moves in a southerly direction, and near Yeropol the current changes to the east. It is located entirely in the Anadyr region.
What sea does the Anadyr River flow into? You can often hear that it flows into the Bering Sea. This is slightly inaccurate information. In fact, the Anadyr River flows into one of the bays of the Bering Sea, Onemen. One of the main features is that in the upper reaches the valley is quite narrow, on average a flat character prevails, and in some places it does not have any valley at all and diverges into many small branches.
How Anadyr is used
The Anadyr River flows into the sea, and it is one of the few on which ships go. Of course, they are not the same as in the seas and oceans, but nevertheless. Ships go to the village of Markovo. During high water, they begin to walk a little further than the declared village.
You can fish and swim on the river only in summer, during the so-called high water period. The rest of the time Anadyr is in a frozen state. If the water does not freeze, then the river simply becomes shallow, which, accordingly, makes fishing and rafting impossible.
Another importantthe moment that indicates that this river is one of a kind is that coal is mined in one of the basins. A few rivers can boast of this, among which is Anadyr.
A few words about the ichthyofauna
Amateur fishing is mainly done in the upper and middle parts of the river, but the lower part is not intended for ordinary fishing. The fact is that in the mouth, as well as in the lower part, industrial fishing is well developed. A huge number of different fish live here. It is worth noting that there is mainly one about which not much is known. Among the main species, one can distinguish such as coho salmon, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, char, burbot, and many others.
There are a lot of fish in the river, so many companies that are somehow connected with such products actively use this factor.
Vegetation of Anadyr and coastal flora
Given the area in which this river flows, there is absolutely nothing surprising in the fact that almost the entire territory of the basin grows tundra vegetation. In the lowland, you can see all kinds of undersized shrubs, as well as tussocky tundra. As for the vegetation on the hill, lichens and mosses grow most actively here. It is worth noting that there are no forests as such in the entire basin, the only thing that can be seen is rather rare larch groves. They are observedmainly in the upper Anadyr.
River bed
As for the channel of the Anadyr, it in itself is quite winding and has a huge number of different branches and tributaries. It should be noted that individual tributaries move away from the river for a long distance. As a result, this location leads to the fact that in some places the width of the channel is tens of kilometers, while the width of the main channel is only a few kilometers. Due to drought, many streams can dry up, and this leads to the appearance of the so-called "dying lakes".
The shores are mostly low, but sometimes you can find steep ones that are washed out every now and then. There are beaches on some sandy shores. As for the right one, various elevations are considered normal for it.
There are a huge number of small islands in the riverbed. They themselves are quite low and almost completely covered with shrubs. On some of the islands, you can see shafts of sand, as well as stones that have sharp ends. In the middle of the channel, you can often find areas of sand or pebbles. When the flood period comes, most of these areas are covered with greenery and turn into small islands. The channels that often separate the shores from the island are mostly shallow, sometimes they even dry up.
It is important to know about the depth of the river, because it is different everywhere. In some places, Anadyr can be quite shallow, while in others the depth reachesalmost 40 meters. It is believed that where the river is narrower, it is deeper there, and vice versa, respectively. This fact is confirmed by the fact that in wide areas the depth often does not reach even one meter.
As for the soil of the river, it is impossible to single out one thing here. At the bottom there can be sand, clay and much more. In places where elevated banks are located, you can even find a bottom made of stone.
The Anadyr River and all the surrounding area are incredibly beautiful. To fully feel the beauty, you need to see it with your own eyes.
