Topolinoe

Topolinoye lies on the left bank of the Tompo in the southern Verkhoyansk mountains. The river winds through a valley among the ridges, its looping course recalling the twisted thread from which its Even name is said to derive. The Tompo belongs to the Aldan drainage, carrying water from the highlands toward the Lena. Forested slopes surround its banks beneath the severe continental climate of northeastern Siberia.