Druzhina (river)
river in Russia
The Druzhina (Russian: Дружи́на) is a river in Yakutia in Russia, a left tributary of the Indigirka.
Course
It has its source at the Ulakhan-Koyol Lake. The river flows eastwards, meandering across a lake-dotted area of the Aby Lowland. The length of the Druzhina is 199 kilometres (124 mi). The area of its drainage basin is 1,360 square kilometres (530 mi2).
The Druzhina freezes up in October and remains icebound until late May or early June.
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