Amguema (river)
title: "Amguema (river)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-chukotka-autonomous-okrug", "drainage-basins-of-the-chukchi-sea", "chukotka-mountains"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-chukotka-autonomous-okrug" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amguema_(river)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Amguema |
| native_name | |
| image | Amguema 2022-08-02-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg |
| image_size | 250px |
| image_caption | Sentinel-2 image of the confluence of the Ekityki (left) and the Amguema |
| map | Chukchi Sea5AMG.png |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Russia |
| length | 498 km |
| discharge1_avg | 285 m3/s |
| source1_coordinates | |
| mouth | Chukchi Sea |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| basin_size | 28100 km2 |
| :: |
| name = Amguema | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | image = Amguema 2022-08-02-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg | image_size = 250px | image_caption = Sentinel-2 image of the confluence of the Ekityki (left) and the Amguema | map = Chukchi Sea5AMG.png | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Russia | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = 498 km | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = 285 m3/s | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Chukchi Sea | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = 28100 km2 | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = The Amguema (, , O'mvaam; in its upper course Вульвывее́м, Vulvyveyem) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is 498 km long, and has a drainage basin of 28100 km2.
Upriver there is the small town of Amguema, where about 600 mostly Chukchi people live.
Geography
The Amguema flows roughly from SW to NE across the Chukotka Mountains. It belongs to the Amguema basin. It empties into the Chukchi Sea between Cape Schmidt and Cape Vankarem. The 154 km long Ekityki on its left is the main tributary of the Amguema.
References
References
- [http://geolkarta.ru/list_200.php?idlist=Q-60-XII Russia. Topographic map Q-60-XI, XII]
- [https://rosreestr.ru/upload/Doc/21-upr/237%20%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93.pdf Dictionary of names of hydrographic objects of Russia and other countries - members of the CIS] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-06 (1999), p. 22)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070509124740/http://map.primorye.ru/glossary/rus/I_23.htm Geographic Location]
- {{GVR. 273002. Река Амгуема (Омваам, в верховье Вульвывеем)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020085913/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,393604,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Amguema Town]
- [https://bigenc.ru/geography/text/4688774 Chukotskoye Nagorye] {{Webarchive. link. (2019-06-30 / Great Russian Encyclopedia; in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: [[Great Russian Encyclopedia]], 2004—2017.)
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