Amguema (river)

Amguema
Sentinel-2 image of the confluence of the Ekityki (left) and the Amguema
Native name
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates68°49′N 177°24′E / 68.817°N 177.400°E / 68.817; 177.400
MouthChukchi Sea
  coordinates
68°15′12″N 177°25′26″W / 68.2533°N 177.4239°W / 68.2533; -177.4239
Length498 km (309 mi)
Basin size28,100 km2 (10,800 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average285 m3/s (10,100 cu ft/s)

The Amguema (Russian: Амгуэ́ма, Chukot: Оʼмваам, O'mvaam; in its upper course Вульвывее́м, Vulvyveyem) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is 498 kilometres (309 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 28,100 square kilometres (10,800 sq mi).

Upriver there is the small town of Amguema, where about 600 mostly Chukchi people live.