Seymchan_(Kolyma)
Seymchan (Kolyma)
River in Sakha Republic, Russia
The Seymchan (Russian: Сеймчан) is a river in Srednekansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Kolyma, with a length of 158 kilometres (98 mi) a drainage basin of 3,600 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi).[1][2]
The name comes from the Yakut language word Kheymchen, which is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice.[3]