Russian Delkyu is the only river in the world that flows into two oceans

Most rivers on the planet have a source, a place where the river originates, and a mouth, which is where the river flows into another river or sea. But there are absolutely unusual rivers on Earth that have not one but two mouths, when the river is divided into two streams that flow in different directions and flow into different seas or even oceans.

One of these rivers is Delkyu, which flows in the Far East. The source of the river is located at the foot of Mount Berill, where meltwater flows from the slopes and forms a water stream. In the upper reaches, approximately 175 kilometers from the source, a rare phenomenon is observed on the Delkyu River - river bifurcation. During bifurcation, the main channel is divided into two independent water streams, which subsequently do not connect and flow into different water bodies.

After the bifurcation site, the Delkyu River has other names: Delkyu-Kuidusunskaya and Delkyu-Okhotsk. It is interesting that the bifurcation phenomenon is reflected in the name of the river itself: Delkyu in translation from Evenki language means "trousers", or "pants".

Delkyu-Kuidusunskaya, having separated from the main channel, carries its waters to the Kuidusun River, and then to Indigirka and ultimately flows into the East Siberian Sea of ​​the Arctic Ocean.

Delkyu-Okhotsk carries its waters to another ocean - the Pacific. The river flows into the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, which in turn flows into the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. Thus, it turns out that there is a waterway connecting the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Arctic Ocean. Of course, this waterway is not suitable for cargo and passenger ships, as the rivers abound with dangerous rapids and shallows. But sports tourists often rafting along the Delkyu-Okhotskaya river, which belongs to the rivers of the V category of complexity.

Another famous example of bifurcation is the South American Orinoco River. In the upper reaches, this river is divided into two branches: one is called Orinoco and continues to flow to the north, and the second is called Casikyare and belongs to the Amazon basin.


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