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Begidyan

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Begidyan (Yakut) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Lena. The river has a length of 195 kilometres (121 mi) —262 km (163 mi) together with the Tarynnakh— and a drainage basin area of 3,910 square kilometres (1, 510 mi2). The Begidyan flows across uninhabited territories of Zhigansky District. Its mouth is near Zhigansk, the district capital, located on the opposite bank of the Lena.

Flows through: Russia.

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

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