Tompo

Tompo
Томпо
Tompo; Томпо
	Russian Federation
Physical characteristics
Source	Elgi Plateau
• coordinates	64°29′02″N 139°10′59″E / 64.48389°N 139.18306°E
• elevation	1,638 m (5,374 ft)
Aldan River
• coordinates	62°42′24″N 134°42′34″E / 62.70667°N 134.70944°E
• elevation	106 m (348 ft)
Length	570 km (350 mi)
Basin size	42,700 km2 (16,500 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	158.6 m3/s (5,600 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Aldan→ Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Tompo (

Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. It has a length of 570 kilometres (350 mi) and a drainage basin area of 42,700 square kilometres (16,500 sq mi).^[1]

River Tompo gives its name to the

Tompo District. It flows across desolate regions, Topolinoye being the only inhabited place in the long course of the river.^[2] The Tompo is not navigable.^[3]

Course

The Tompo originates in the southern slopes of the Elgi Plateau.^[4] For about 400 km (250 mi), the river displays the characteristics of a typical mountain river, flowing within a deep and narrow valley bound by steep slopes.

In its uppermost course the Tompo runs roughly northward along the northern side of the

Central Yakutian Plain, where its valley becomes very wide and swampy, its riverbed dividing into lazily-flowing arms as the speed of the flow decreases. Finally the Tompo meets the right bank of the Aldan River, opposite Megino-Aldan village, upstream of the mouth of the Baray.^[3]^[5]

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Tompo are the 189 km (117 mi) long Khunkhada and 357 km (222 mi) long Delinya from the right, as well as the 225 km (140 mi) long Menkule and 186 km (116 mi) long Tomporuk from the left. There are 1,662 lakes in the basin of the Tompo with a total area of 43.9 km² (16.9 sq mi).^[4]