The Arga-Yuryakh (; , Arğaa Ürex) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a tributary of the Rassokha of the Alazeya basin. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows north of the Arctic Circle, across desolate tundra territories of the East Siberian Lowland. Its basin falls within Srednekolymsky District. The name of the river comes from the Yakut "Arğaa-ürex" (Арҕаа-үрэх), meaning "western river".Leontiev V.V., Novikova K.A. Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov; FEB AS USSR . North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan . book. publishing house, 1989. - p. 73 - 456 p. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7
Course The Arga-Yuryakh has its sources at the confluence of the long Zeya and the long Taba-Bastaakh in the southern slopes of the Ulakhan-Sis. It flows roughly southwards away from the range, first following its southern flank eastwards, then bending southwards into a region of lakes of the Kolyma Lowland. The river meanders strongly, heading southeastwards across the vast lake area. Finally it meets the left bank of the northward flowing Ilin-Yuryakh. The confluence of both rivers forms the Rassokha, the largest tributary of the Alazeya.Google Earth
Tributaries The main tributaries of the Arga-Yuryakh are the long Achchygyi-Yurekh (Аччыгый-Юрэх) on the right, as well as the long Ot-Yurekh and the long Kusagan-Yurekh on the left. The river is frozen between late September or early October and late May or early June.
The Arga-Yuryakh is fed by snow, rain and ice. The river basin is marked by permafrost, swamps and lakes, the lake surface taking 15.2% of the total basin area.Арга-Юрях / Great Soviet Encyclopedia: in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978
See also List of rivers of Russia
References
External links Fishing & Tourism in Yakutia Бассейн р. Арга-Юрях, 2003 год