Omolon
Course
It begins in the Kolyma Highlands, Magadan Oblast, less than 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the Sea of Okhotsk, flows first northeast, with the Kedon Range to the west, then it bends northwest and forms part of the border of Magadan and Chukotka, with the Yukaghir Highlands to the west. At the western end of the Ush-Urekchen it turns north and crosses Chukotka, briefly enters the Sakha Republic and joins the Kolyma 282 kilometres (175 mi) upstream from the Arctic. Its basin is surrounded by: (west) branches of the Kolyma, (south) Penzhina and others that flow south, (east) Anadyr and (northeast) Bolshoy Anyuy.
Its main tributaries are the Kegali, the west-flowing Oloy (at 471 kilometres (293 mi), the largest tributary), Oloychan, Kedon, Namyndykan, Molongda (Молонгда or Моланджа) and Ango.
Flora and fauna
The upper Omolon is subalpine in the highlands, the middle is boreal forest and the lower part tundra. There is a Zakaznik in Chukotka to protect the forests.
See also
References
- ^ "Река Омолон in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Water of Russia - Омолон
- ^ "Омолон" [Omolon]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) (3rd ed.). 1969–1978.
External links
- Омолонский - ООПТ России (Omolonsky Protected Area)
- Omolon river problems
- "Tourism and environment" (PDF). (571 KB)
- Meteorite found near the Omolon River