Kanchalan (river)


The Kanchalan is a river in the Russian Far East. It passes through the sparsely populated areas of the Anadyr Lowlands and flows southwards into the Bering Sea at the Gulf of Anadyr through the Anadyrsky Liman. It is long, and has a drainage basin of.

History

The Kanchalan and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of Russia. There is a small populated place in the area close to its estuary also called Kanchalan. Originally the river appears to have been called the Nyerpicha according to maps of the 17th and 18th centuries. A sedentary people who went on to form the eponymous settlement lived on its banks who called themselves "Konchalyt", and over time their name became associated with both the settlement and the river itself. In Chukchi, the river is divided into two parts, the lower reaches are called Gytgomkyvaam, whilst the upper reaches are called Tadlyeoan as this was the site of historical battles between the Chukchi, Yukaghirs and Koryaks.

Wildlife

whales are common in its estuarine waters.