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Nelgese

The 705th longest river in the world

566 km

The Nelgese (Russian: Нельгесе; Yakut: Нэльгэһэ, Nelgehe) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a left hand tributary of the Adycha, of the Yana basin. It is 566 kilometres (352 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 15,200 square kilometres (5,900 mi2). The river flows across a desolate area of severe climate, with continuous permafrost.

Flows through: Russia.

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

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