Timpton

{{Infobox river | name = Timpton<br />{{langx|sah|Төмтөөн}} | image = Поездка в Нерюнгринский район, 2017 (365).jpg | image_caption = View of a bend in the river | source1_location = Stanovoy Range | source1_coordinates = {{coord|56|00|45|N|124|23|50|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|1060|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Aldan | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|58|44|01|N|127|10|40|E|source:wikidata|display=it}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|255|m|abbr=on}} | progression = {{RAldan}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Russia | length = {{convert|644|km|mi|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|94|m3/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|44400|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia }}

The '''Timpton''' ({{langx|ru|Тимптон}}; {{langx|sah|Төмтөөн}}) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan River of the Lena basin. It has a length of {{convert|644|km|mi}} and a drainage basin area of {{convert|44400|km2|mi2}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|244619|Река Тимптон}}</ref> There are no settlements near its banks except for Nagorny village.

The Timpton is crossed by the A360 Lena Highway and coal is mined in the river basin. Up to the present the Timpton is in a relative pristine condition, being a favorite destination for rafting and kayaking, but construction of the ''Nizhne-Timpton'' hydroelectric power station, approved in 2009, is planned on the river course in the future.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111107060434/http://www.rushydro.ru/press/news/10122.html JSC RusHydro]</ref>

Grayling, whitefish, taimen, rudd, perch and lenok are found in the waters of the river.<ref name="WR">[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1260/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD Water of Russia - Тимптон]</ref>

==Course== The Timpton is the fourth tributary of the Aldan regarding length and basin area. Its source is located on the northern slopes of the Stanovoy Range, at the southern limit of Yakutia, near the Amur Oblast border.<ref name="ЭСБЕ">Timpton (Тимптон) / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017.</ref> First it flows in an eastward direction and then it turns and flows in a roughly northward direction along its course. It crosses the foothills of the Aldan Highlands and its valley marks the western limit of the Sunnagyn Range. Its upper course is tortuous, with frequent rapids. There is no floodplain, but the last stretch is navigable. Finally the Timpton joins the right bank of the Aldan {{convert|1538|km|mi|abbr=on}} from its mouth.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref>

Its tributaries include the Big Yllymakh, Chulmakan, Chulman and Iyengra. The river is frozen between October and May.<ref name=gvr/> {| |- valign="top" |thumb|240px|Basin of the Aldan |thumb|300px|A360 Lena Highway bridge over the Timpton |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{commonscat inline|Timpton River}} * [https://www.yakutia.org/about-yakutia/geography Geography - Yakutia Organized]

Category:Rivers of the Sakha Republic Category:Aldan Highlands