The Yeropol (Russian: Еропол) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It has a length of 261 kilometres (162 mi) and a drainage basin of 10,700 square kilometres (4,100 sq mi).^[2]

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Yeropol Еропол
Mouth location in Chukotka, Russia
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
District	Anadyrsky District
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Oloy Range Kolyma Mountains
• coordinates	64°50′57″N 165°22′42″E
• elevation	618 m (2,028 ft)
Mouth	Anadyr
• coordinates	65°15′09″N 168°37′37″E[1]
• elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Length	261 km (162 mi)
Basin size	10,700 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Anadyr→ Bering Sea

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The Yeropol is a right tributary of the Anadyr and its basin is in a mountainous area of Chukotka. The village of Chuvanskoye is located in the middle course of the river.^[3] The name of the river originated in the Yukaghir language.^[4]

The Yeropol river was known to Russian explorers since the 17th century.^[5]

In 1984 two archeological sites were discovered in the upper reaches of the Yeropol. There are remains of different eras, ranging from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic.^[6]

The source of the Yeropol is in the eastern section of the Oloy Range, 60 km (37 mi) to the south of 1,787 m (5,863 ft) high Mount Snezhnaya. The river heads first southeastwards in its upper course, then it bends and flows in a steady ENE direction until its mouth. In its last stretch it enters a plain bound by mountains on both sides, where it divides into multiple branches. Finally it joins the right bank of the Anadyr a little downstream from the mouth of the Yablon, 740 kilometres (460 mi) from its mouth.^[1]

The main tributaries of the Yeropol are the 102 kilometres (63 mi) long Umkuveyem and 85 kilometres (53 mi) long Atakhayevskaya from the left.^[2] The river and its tributaries are frozen for between eight and nine months every year.^[4]

• List of rivers of Russia