# Tumara

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The **Tumara** (Russian: Тумара; sah: Тумара) is a river in the Sakha Republic ([Yakutia](/source/Yakutia)), [Russia](/source/Russia), a right tributary of the [Aldan](/source/Aldan_(river)), part of the [Lena](/source/Lena_(river)) basin. It flows across an area that is largely desolate, except for [Segyan-Kyuyol](/source/Segyan-Kyuyol) village.[1] The Tumara has a length of 236 kilometres (147 mi) and a [drainage basin](/source/Drainage_basin) area of 10,300 square kilometres (4,000 sq mi).[2] The river is a destination for [rafting](/source/Rafting).[3]

The name of the river comes from the [Yakut language](/source/Yakut_language) *tumara*, meaning "[tundra](/source/Tundra)".[4]

## Course

The Tumara originates in the slopes of the southwestern [Verkhoyansk Range](/source/Verkhoyansk_Range). In the upper section of its course the river displays all the characteristics of a mountain river, flowing roughly southwards within a deep and narrow valley bound by steep slopes that cuts across the [Kelter](/source/Kelter_Range) (Көлтөр) and [Munni](/source/Munni_Range) (Мунний) ranges.[5]

After leaving the mountainous area in its middle course the Tumara flows through a [floodplain](/source/Floodplain) and forms [meanders](/source/Meander), still following a generally southward direction. In its lower course the river expands and the floodplain becomes wider, its riverbed dividing into slowly-flowing arms. Finally the Tumara meets the right bank of the Aldan River, a little upstream from [Batamay](/source/Batamay,_Kobyaysky_District,_Sakha_Republic) and downstream from river [Kele](/source/Kele_(river)).[5]

Its longest tributaries are the 110 km (68 mi) long [Nuora](/source/Nuora) (right) and the 78 km (48 mi) long Nyorkyunde.[3]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Russia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Russia)
- [List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Russia](/source/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Russia)

## References

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

1. [Tumara - Water of Russia](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/1913/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0)

1. Murzaev EM, *Turkic place names* / Baskakov NA . - Moscow: Eastern Literature RAS, 1996 .-- P. 149 .-- 254 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-02-016806-8 .

1. [1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-6](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-6,_3rd_edition.jpg)

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