# Akhtaranda

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The **Akhtaranda** (Russian: Ахтаранда; sah: Ахтаранда), is a river in [Yakutia](/source/Yakutia) ([Sakha Republic](/source/Sakha_Republic)), [Russia](/source/Russia). It is a left hand tributary of the [Vilyuy](/source/Vilyuy), and is 75 kilometres (47 mi) long —302 km (188 mi) including the length of the Almydya at its head. The Akhtaranda has a [drainage basin](/source/Drainage_basin) of 15,700 square kilometres (6,100 sq mi).[1]

The river flows across an uninhabited sector of [Mirninsky District](/source/Mirninsky_District).[2]

## Course

The Akhtaranda belongs to the upper stretch of the Vilyuy basin. It originates at the confluence of the 227 km (141 mi) long [Alymdya](/source/Alymdya) from the right and the 191 km (119 mi) long [Olguydakh](/source/Olguydakh) from the left. Both rivers flow from the [Vilyuy Plateau](/source/Vilyuy_Plateau). It heads roughly southwards [meandering](/source/Meandering) slightly among low hills. Finally, it meets the northern shore of the Vilyuy Reservoir 1,336 km (830 mi) from its mouth in the Lena.[3][4]

### Tributaries

The main tributary of the Akhtaranda is the 221 kilometres (137 mi) long [Batyr](/source/Batyr_(river)) joining it from the right, and the 78 kilometres (48 mi) long [Aannaakh](/source/Aannaakh) (Аанньаах) from the left. The Akhtaranda freezes in mid October and stays under ice until late May or June.[1]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Russia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Russia)

## References

1. ["P-49-50 Topographic Chart (in Russian)"](https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/p-49_50.jpg). Retrieved 20 April 2023.

1. [Nature.ykt](https://web.archive.org/web/20080405151906/http://www.nature.ykt.ru/RIAC/Yakutia_geogr/01.htm#%D0%90%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0)

1. [Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth)

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