The Peleduy () is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is the 22nd longest tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows across a largely desolate area. Tolon village is located by the river in its middle course and the settlement of Peleduy is located by the Peleduy at the confluence with the Lena. There is rock salt mining and wood processing in the basin of the river. At Peleduy there is a shipping yard for shipbuilding, maintenance and overhaul.Water of Russia - Пеледуй
History In 2006 the Talakan - Vitim oil pipeline burst in two places. About of oil spilled into the river, soiling a long stretch of the Peleduy with an oil film from the mouth of the stream running into Taloye lake, by the mouth in the Lena. The oil contamination penetrated to a depth of in the affected riverbank areas.Transformation of Oil-Contaminated Soils of CryolithozoneOil spill risk assessment - Probability and impact analyses with future projections
Course The Peleduy is a left tributary of the Lena. It has its sources in the southwestern area of the Lena Plateau.Пеледуй (река в Якутской АССР) / Great Soviet Encyclopedia: in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. The river flows in a roughly southeastern direction among large boulders within a fairly straight channel. In its middle reaches it bends northeastwards within a floodplain and not far south of the course of the Nyuya it bends southeastwards again. Finally it meets the left bank of the Lena by Peleduy village from its mouth.Google Earth
Tributaries The largest tributaries of the Peleduy are the Mulisma and Kodardakh from the right and the Delinda, Gadala, Kurchakh, Karam and Khoron from the left. The river freezes between October and May. Permafrost is prevalent in the river basin.
Flora and fauna The vegetation of the Peleduy basin is mainly pine and larch taiga, with yearly snow cover between October and April in the area.
The main fish species in the river are dace, pike, roach, perch, ide, valyok, tugun, bream and grayling.
See also List of rivers of Russia
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