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Emanda | |
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Эмандьа | |
Location in the Sakha Republic, Russian Far East | |
Location | Yana Plateau |
Coordinates | 65°15′0″N 135°54′0″E / 65.25000°N 135.90000°E[1] |
Primary outflows | Seen River |
Catchment area | 179 km2 (69 sq mi) |
Basin countries | Russia |
Surface area | 33.1 km2 (12.8 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 678 m (2,224 ft) |
Frozen | October to May |
Emanda (Russian: Еманда[2] or Эманджа,[3] Yakut: Эмандьа, Emanca) is a freshwater lake in Tomponsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia. The lake is located in a desolate area where there is no permanent population and few visitors. There are burbot, pike and grayling in its waters.
The lake lies at 678 m (2,224 ft) above mean sea level in the basin of the Derbeke River, part of the Yana basin.[3] It is located to the east of the river, roughly 50 km (31 mi) to the south of the Nelgesin Range. Lake Emanda is the largest lake of the Yana Plateau.[4]
The Seen River (Сеен), a right hand tributary of the Derbeke, is the outflow of the lake.[3]
The minimum temperature of -58.6 °C (-73.5 °F)[5] recorded on December 5, 2023 in Emanda, being the lowest December temperature in 40 years, according to weather historian Thierry Goose.[6]