Chondon
| Chondon Чондон / Чондоон | |
|---|---|
Mouths of the Chondon ONC map section | |
Mouth location in the Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Yakutia, Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Selennyakh Range |
| • coordinates | 69°48′35″N 137°55′48″E / 69.80972°N 137.93000°E |
| • elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Chondon Bay Laptev Sea |
• coordinates | 71°14′25″N 138°9′41″E / 71.24028°N 138.16139°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 606 km (377 mi) |
| Basin size | 18,900 km2 (7,300 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 20 m3/s (710 cu ft/s) |
The Chondon (Russian: Чондон; Yakut: Чондоон, romanized: Çondôn) is a river in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is 606 kilometres (377 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 18,900 square kilometres (7,300 sq mi).
The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of the Polousny Range, 66 km south-west of the village of Tumat. It had died at the age of 47 to 50 years.