Alkatvaam is a river in Russia , flows through the territory of the Anadyr region of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug [2] .
| Alcatvaam | |
|---|---|
| chuck. YΔ±kΔ±tveem | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 88 km |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| β’ Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Bering Sea |
| β’ Height | 0 m |
| β’ Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Bering Sea |
| A country |
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| Region | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
| Area | Anadyrsky district |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
The Chukchi name YΔ±kΔ±tveem literally means "hard snow" ( Chuk. SΚΌΤ - from yΚΌΤyyΤ "snow" + -kyt "hard" + -weem / -waam "river") [3] .
In winter, large frosts appear on the river and, in some places, voids [4] .
A sockeye salmon comes to spawn in Alkatvaam [5] .
Water registry data
According to the state water register of Russia, it belongs to the Anadyro-Kolyma Basin District .
The code of the object in the state water registry is 19060000112119000130490 [6] .
Notes
- β Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 19. Northeast / ed. Yu. N. Komarnitskaya. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966 .-- 602 p.
- β Alcatwaam River . Public cadastral map . Date of appeal September 24, 2012.
- β Menovshchikov G.A. Local names on the map of Chukotka. Brief toponymic dictionary / Scientific. ed. V.V. Leontiev. - Magadan : Magadan Book Publishing House, 1972. - S. 169. - 207 p.
- β Leontyev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov ; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House , 1989 .-- 456 p. - 15,000 copies. - ISBN 5-7581-0044-7 .
- β I.A. Chereshnev. Freshwater fish of Chukotka. - SSCC FEB RAS. - Magadan, 2008 .-- S. 213. - 324 p. - ISBN 978-5-94729-086-8 .
- β State Water Register . Alkatvaam . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.