Burkand'ya

Burkand'ya takes its name from the Burkandi River, a tributary of the Berelyokh in the Kolyma basin. The name has been traced to an Even word for a flooded bank or a wooded island. A granite mountain massif nearby bears the related name Tas-Burgandi, or Stone Burgandi. The river winds through the remote uplands of northeastern Siberia before its waters join the larger Kolyma system.