Sobolokh-Mayan

Sobolokh-Mayan
Yakut: Соболоох Майаан
Sobolokh-Mayan; Yakut: Соболоох Майаан
	Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Orulgan Range
• coordinates	67°30′10″N 128°27′05″E / 67.50278°N 128.45139°E
• elevation	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Mouth	Lena
• coordinates	67°14′04″N 123°22′48″E / 67.23444°N 123.38000°E
• elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Length	411 km (255 mi)
Basin size	13,300 km2 (5,100 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	136 m3/s (4,800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Sobolokh-Mayan (Russian: Соболоох-Майан; Yakut: Соболоох Майаан, Soboloox Mayaan) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the 20th longest tributary of the Lena, with a length of 411 kilometres (255 mi) and a drainage basin area of 13,300 square kilometres (5,100 sq mi).^[1]

Lenok, taimen and whitefish are found in the waters of the Sobolokh-Mayan. There are no settlements by the river.^[2]

Course

The Sobolokh-Mayan is a right tributary of the Lena. Its source is located in the northern sector of the Verkhoyansk Range, at an altitude of roughly 1,500 m (4,900 ft) on the western slope of the Orulgan Range, with its valley flanking the northern side of the Byrandia Range in its upper course.^[3] In its first section the Sobolokh-Mayan flows across mountainous terrain. After leaving the mountains it flows into the Central Yakutian Lowland, forming meanders in the flat permafrost floodplain, until it joins the right bank of the Lena 700 km (430 mi) from its mouth, near the mouth of the Khoruongka in the opposite bank.^[2]