Yeropol

River in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia

64°50′57″N 165°22′42″E / 64.84917°N 165.37833°E / 64.84917; 165.37833 • elevation618 m (2,028 ft) MouthAnadyr

• coordinates

65°15′09″N 168°37′37″E / 65.25250°N 168.62694°E / 65.25250; 168.62694^[1]

• elevation

148 m (486 ft)Length261 km (162 mi)Basin size10,700 km² (4,100 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionAnadyr→ Bering Sea

The Yeropol (Russian: Еропол) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It has a length of 261 kilometres (162 mi) and a drainage basin of 10,700 square kilometres (4,100 sq mi).^[2]

The Yeropol is a right tributary of the Anadyr and its basin is in a mountainous area of Chukotka. The village of Chuvanskoye is located in the middle course of the river.^[3] The name of the river originated in the Yukaghir language.^[4]

History

The Yeropol river was known to Russian explorers since the 17th century.^[5]

In 1984 two archeological sites were discovered in the upper reaches of the Yeropol. There are remains of different eras, ranging from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic.^[6]

Course

The source of the Yeropol is in the eastern section of the Oloy Range, 60 km (37 mi) to the south of 1,787 m (5,863 ft) high Mount Snezhnaya. The river heads first southeastwards in its upper course, then it bends and flows in a steady ENE direction until its mouth. In its last stretch it enters a plain bound by mountains on both sides, where it divides into multiple branches. Finally it joins the right bank of the Anadyr a little downstream from the mouth of the Yablon, 740 kilometres (460 mi) from its mouth.^[1]

The main tributaries of the Yeropol are the 102 kilometres (63 mi) long Umkuveyem and 85 kilometres (53 mi) long Atakhayevskaya from the left.^[2] The river and its tributaries are frozen for between eight and nine months every year.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Google Earth
^ ^a ^b "Река Еропол (в верховье Ерополькрыткын) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
^ "Топографска карта Q-57_58 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Water of Russia - Анадырь". water-rf.ru. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ Leontiev V.V., Novikova K.A. Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov ; FEB AS USSR . North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan . book. publishing house , 1989. - p. 140. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
^ М.А. Кирьяк (1986). Работы Западночукотского отряда (Археологические открытия 1984 года ed.). Москва. p. 178.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)