page_title: Amga (river)
section_title: Course
hierarchical_section_title: Amga (river) / Course
caption_attribution_description: Blick auf die Amga in Jakutien (Russland)
context_page_description: The Amga is a river in Sakha, Russia. The length of the river is 1,462 kilometres. The area of its basin is 69,300 square kilometres. The Amga freezes up in the first half of October and stays under the ice until May.
context_section_description: The river has its source in the Aldan Highlands. It forms the eastern limit of the Lena Plateau. It is the biggest tributary of the Aldan, which it joins on the left bank a few miles west of Khandyga.
caption: In some stretches river Amga is flanked by pillar-like rock formations.
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