Khoruongka
Water type: River
Basin: Lena -> Laptev sea
Continent:
Asia
Climates:
Continental, Subpolar
Country:
Russia
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Cypriniformes - Carps
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
The Khoruongka (Russian: Хоруонгка, Yakut: Хоруоҥка, Xoruoŋka) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a left tributary of the Lena. Its length is 377 kilometres and the area of its basin is 8,330 square kilometres. The Khoruongka flows across Zhigansky District, not far to the west of Zhigansk town.
The basin of the Khoruongka falls fully within the Central Yakutian Lowland and parts of it are a protected area. The banks of the river are uninhabited.