Chalbukhan

Chalbukhan lies in the headwater country of the Anminmandzha, among the wooded hills of the Kolyma highlands. The name is thought to come from an Even word meaning a small birch-covered place, perhaps referring to dwarf birch growing in the region. Streams descend through mountain valleys into the wider Kolyma drainage. Long winters and a short summer mark the forested interior north of the Sea of Okhotsk.