Uele (Yakutia)
# Uele (Yakutia)

The Uele (Russian: Уэле; Yakut: Үөлэ, Üöle) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It has a length of 313 kilometres (194 mi) and its drainage basin area is 19,200 square kilometres (7,400 sq mi). The river basin is a desolate area devoid of human settlements.

## Course

The Uele has its sources near lake Sobaka-Lakh in the North Siberian Lowland. The river flows roughly northwestwards in a winding channel across a floodplain with numerous lakes. Finally it enters the eastern side of the inner Anabar Bay just east of the mouth of the Anabar.

### Tributaries

Its main tributaries are the Kraynyaya, Bayan, Darkylakh, Onkuchakh-Yuryakh and Salga from the right, as well as the Khatygyn-Uelete, Byorolyokh-Ayan and Sasyr-Tyobyulekh from the left.

## Fauna

The Uele is frozen most of the year. It stays under ice between the end of September/beginning of October and the end of May/beginning of June. The river is an important habitat for nelma, as recorded in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation.

