| Anadyr River |
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| rivers of russia | |
| rivers of chukotka | |
| chukotka autonomous okrug | |
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The river, taking its rise in the Stanovoi Mountains as the Ivashki or Ivachno, about 67°N latitude and 173°E longitude, flows through the Chukotka , at first southwest and then east, and enters the Gulf Of Anadyr after a course of about 500 miles. The country through which it passes is thinly populated, and is dominated by Tundra , which is rich with a variety of plant life. Much of the region is folded in rugged mountains, and is a beautiful landscape. For nine months of the year the ground is covered with snow, and the frozen rivers become navigable roads. Reindeer , upon which the inhabitants subsist, were once found in considerable numbers, but the domestic reindeer population has collapsed dramatically since the reorganization and privatization of state-run collective farms beginning in 1992 . As herds of domestic reindeer have declined, herds of wild Caribou have increased. SEE ALSO
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