Tsipikan (river)
The Tsipikan () is a river in Buryatia, Russia. It is the second largest tributary of the Tsipa, after the Amalat, of the Vitim basin. The river is  long, and has a drainage basin of . There is gold mining in the banks of the river. Course
The Tsipikan is a tributary of the Tsipa. It has its sources in the eastern slopes of the Ikat Range. First it flows northeastwards as it progresses across the mountains of the northwestern corner of the Vitim Plateau. Its course slows down and becomes marshy in the Kapylyushi lake area, south of the slopes of the Bolshoy Khapton. After a sharp turn to the southeast, and then northeast, it ends up flowing northwards meandering strongly and finally entering the eastern shore of lake Baunt. Tsipikan village is located on the right bank of the river. There are many swampy stretches in the Tsipikan basin, as well as 863 lakes with a total area of . The main tributaries of the Tsipikan are the  long Taloy from the right, and the  long Gorbylok. The river is frozen between mid October and end of April. The ice may reach a thickness of . See also
List of rivers of Russia

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Rivers of Buryatia