Khudan (river)

Khudan
Mouth location in Buryatia, Russia
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Buryatia
Physical characteristics
Source	Khudan Range Selenga Highlands
• coordinates	52°03′54″N 111°41′44″E
• elevation	1,140 m (3,740 ft)
Mouth	Uda
• coordinates	52°07′25″N 109°40′54″E
• elevation	649 m (2,129 ft)
Length	66 km (41 mi)
Basin size	787 km^2 (304 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	12.7 m^3/s (450 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Uda→ Selenga→ Lake Baikal→ Angara→ Yenisey→ Kara Sea

The Khudan (Russian: Худан, also: Худун, Кудун, Кодун)[1] is a river in Buryatia, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is 252 kilometres (157 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 7,820 square kilometres (3,020 sq mi).[2]

Its average flow rate at the mouth is 12.7 m³/s.

Course

The Khudan is a left tributary of the Uda, of the Selenga basin. The river has its sources in the Khudan Range by the junction with the Tsagan-Khurtei range, 5 km (3.1 mi) to the northwest of 1,554 m (5,098 ft) high Mount Khudan, about 120 km (75 mi) west of Chita. The Khudan flows roughly in a WNW direction and meets the Uda 200 kilometres (120 mi) from its mouth in the Selenga.[3] The river is generally frozen from mid-October or early November until April or May.

See also

• List of rivers of Russia

References

1. Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 418
2. "Река Кудун (Худун) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
3. "N-49 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 30 September 2021.