Suolama

The Suolama (Суолема, Suolema; Суолама) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia. It is a tributary of the Anabar with a length of 262 km. Its drainage basin area is 7440 km2.

The river flows 730 km north of the Arctic Circle, from the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai eastwards into the northwestern limit of coastal Yakutia. It is an area of permafrost, flat, lonely and desolate, devoid of settlements. The nearest inhabited place is Yuryung-Khaya.

Course
The Suolama is a left tributary of the Anabar. Its sources are in the southeastern corner of fairly large Kieng-Kyuel lake of the North Siberian Lowland. It heads roughly eastwards / northeastwards all along its course within a swampy area with numerous lakes. Finally it joins the left bank of the Anabar only 0.8 km from its mouth. The confluence is just a little upstream of Anabar Bay.

The river is fed by rain and snow. Owing to the severe climate it is frozen between late September and early June. The longest tributaries are the 121 km long Lastik (Ластик) and the 110 km long Poperechnaya (Поперечная) from the right.