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Anadyr
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Gulf of Anadyr
Length	1,150 km (710 mi)

Anadyr (Template:Lang-ru) is a river in the extreme northeast of Siberia, Russian Federation.

The river rises in the Stanovoi Mountains as the Ivashki or Ivachno, about 67̊N latitude and 173̊E longitude, flows through Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, at first southwest and then east, and enters the Gulf of Anadyr of the Bering Sea after a course of about 800 kilometres (500 mi). The main tributaries from the right are the Yablon, the Eropol and the Maine; from the left are the Chineyveem, the White and the Tanyurer. At the mouth of the river is the Anadyrskiy Liman which is fed by the Anadyr, the Kanchalan, and the Velikaya rivers.

History

On a walrus hunting expedition in 1648 Semyon Dezhnev reached the mouth of the Anadyr. From the liman, Dezhnev went up the river and founded Anadyrskiy ostrog (fort). In the 18th century, the Anadyr was described by the polar explorer Dmitry Laptev.

Ecology

The country through which it passes is thinly populated, and is dominated by tundra, with a rich variety of plant life. Much of the region has beautiful landscapes, dominated by often spectacular, rugged mountains. For nine months of the year the ground is covered with snow, and the frozen rivers become navigable roads.

Reindeer, upon which the local inhabitants subsisted, were once found in considerable numbers, but the domestic reindeer population has collapsed dramatically since the reorganization and privatization of state-run collective farms beginning in 1992. As herds of domestic reindeer have declined, herds of wild caribou have increased.

There are ten species of salmon inhabiting the Anadyr river basin. Every year, on the last Sunday in April, there is an ice fishing competition in the frozen estuarine waters of the Anadyr River's mouth. This festival is locally known as Korfest.

The area is a summering place for a number of migratory birds including Brent geese, Eurasian Wigeons, and the pintails of California.

See also

• Operation Anadyr

Notes

1. Henny, Charles J. (Januay 1973) "Drought Displaced Movement of North American Pintails into Siberia" The Journal of Wildlife Management 37(1): pp. 23-29 doi:10.2307/3799734
2. "Biologist's Journal 2001" Western Ecological Research Center, United States Geological Survey

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Further reading

• Stephan, John Jason (1994). The Russian Far East: A History. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, ISBN 0-8047-2311-7.

External links

• "Tourist and environmental information" Chukotka Autonomous Okrug website, in English
• "Russia Far East: Anadyr River" Wild Salmon Center
• "Snezhnoye: a village on the Anadyr' River"

• Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
• Bering Sea