Tompo

{{Infobox river | name = Tompo | other_name = Томпо | image =Tompo 2019-06-20-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg | image_caption =Confluence of the Tompo and the Aldan Sentinel-2 image | source1 = Elgi Plateau | source1_elevation = {{convert|1638|m|abbr=on}} | source1_coordinates = {{coord|64|29|02|N|139|10|59|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki}} | mouth = Aldan River | mouth_elevation = {{convert|106|m|abbr=on}} | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|62|42|24|N|134|42|34|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}} | progression = {{RAldan}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Russian Federation | length = {{convert|570|km|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|158.6|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|42700|km2|abbr=on}} | pushpin_map = Russia Sakha Republic | pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia }}

The '''Tompo''' ({{langx|ru|Томпо}}; {{langx|sah|Томпо}}) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. It has a length of {{convert|570|km|mi}} and a drainage basin area of {{convert|42700|km2|mi2}}.<ref name=SWRR>[http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=249258&bo=0&rb=0&subb=0&hep=0&wot=0&name=%F2%EE%EC%EF%EE&loc= Tompo - State Water Register of Russia]</ref>

River Tompo gives its name to the Tompo District. It flows across desolate regions, Topolinoye being the only inhabited place in the long course of the river.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref> The Tompo is not navigable.<ref name="GSE-B"/>

==Course== The Tompo originates in the southern slopes of the Elgi Plateau.<ref name=WR/> For about {{convert|400|km|abbr=on}}, the river displays the characteristics of a typical mountain river, flowing within a deep and narrow valley bound by steep slopes.

In its uppermost course the Tompo runs roughly northward along the northern side of the Suntar-Khayata mountains; after roughly {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} it turns and follows a generally westward direction for about {{convert|200|km|abbr=on}} through the southern part of the Elgi Plateau. Downstream from the mouth of the Delinya, its 2nd largest tributary, which flows from the central part of the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, the Tompo bends SSE into a roughly {{convert|130|km|abbr=on}} long deep gorge, separating the Verkhoyansk Range proper to the northwest and the group of three parallel ranges formed by the Ulakhan-Bom, Sette-Daban and the Skalisty Range to the southeast. After the mouth of the Menkule River, it emerges from the mountains and, flowing in a southwesterly direction, enters the eastern side of the Central Yakutian Plain, where its valley becomes very wide and swampy, its riverbed dividing into lazily-flowing arms as the speed of the flow decreases. Finally the Tompo meets the right bank of the Aldan River, opposite Megino-Aldan village, upstream of the mouth of the Baray.<ref name="GSE-B">[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article111246.html Томпо], Great Soviet Encyclopedia</ref><ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-6,_3rd_edition.jpg 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-6]</ref>

===Tributaries=== The main tributaries of the Tompo are the {{convert|189|km|abbr=on}} long Khunkhada and {{convert|357|km|abbr=on}} long Delinya from the right, as well as the {{convert|225|km|abbr=on}} long Menkule and {{convert|186|km|abbr=on}} long Tomporuk from the left. There are 1,662 lakes in the basin of the Tompo with a total area of {{convert|43.9|km2|abbr=on}}.<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/1261/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%BE Tompo- Water of Russia]</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{commons category-inline}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlURjUzkqFo Томпо тур -2 чааһа. Восхождение на гору 1800м, фотосессия. Горы Якутии, Томпонский улус. (tourism)]

Category:Rivers of the Sakha Republic Category:Verkhoyansk Range Category:Central Yakutian Lowland Category:Suntar-Khayata Category:Tomponsky District