Timpton

Timpton
Yakut: Төмтөөн
Timpton; Yakut: Төмтөөн
	View of a bend in the river
	Mouth location in Yakutia, Russia
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Stanovoy Range
• coordinates	56°00′45″N 124°23′50″E / 56.01250°N 124.39722°E
• elevation	1,060 m (3,480 ft)
Mouth	Aldan
• coordinates	58°44′01″N 127°10′40″E / 58.73361°N 127.17778°E
• elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Length	644 km (400 mi)
Basin size	44,400 km2 (17,100 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	94 m3/s (3,300 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Aldan→ Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Timpton (Russian: Тимптон; Yakut: Төмтөөн) is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan River of the Lena basin. It has a length of 644 kilometres (400 mi) and a drainage basin area of 44,400 square kilometres (17,100 sq mi).^[1] There are no settlements near its banks except for Nagorny village.

The Timpton is crossed by the A360 Lena Highway and coal is mined in the river basin. Up to the present the Timpton is in a relative pristine condition, being a favorite destination for rafting and kayaking, but construction of the Nizhne-Timpton hydroelectric power station, approved in 2009, is planned on the river course in the future.^[2]

Grayling, whitefish, taimen, rudd, perch and lenok are found in the waters of the river.^[3]

Course

The Timpton is the fourth tributary of the Aldan regarding length and basin area. Its source is located on the northern slopes of the Stanovoy Range, at the southern limit of Yakutia, near the Amur Oblast border.^[4] First it flows in an eastward direction and then it turns and flows in a roughly northward direction along its course. It crosses the foothills of the Aldan Highlands and its valley marks the western limit of the Sunnagyn Range. Its upper course is tortuous, with frequent rapids. There is no floodplain, but the last stretch is navigable. Finally the Timpton joins the right bank of the Aldan 1,538 km (956 mi) from its mouth.^[5]