The Kedon (russian: Кедон) is a river in
Magadan Oblast,
Russia
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. It has a length of and a
drainage basin
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of .
The Kedon is a left tributary of the
Omolon
The Omolon (russian: Омолон; sah, Омолоон) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May t ...
, of the
Kolyma basin.
The river flows steadily northwards across an uninhabited area of the
Kolyma Mountains. The nearest village is
Omolon
The Omolon (russian: Омолон; sah, Омолоон) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May t ...
, located upstream of its mouth.
The name of the river originated in the
Yukaghir language
The Yukaghir languages (; also ''Yukagir, Jukagir'') are a small family of two closely related languages—Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir—spoken by the Yukaghir in the Russian Far East living in the basin of the Kolyma River. At the 2002 Russian c ...
.
[Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'' / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov of the Far Eastern Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan Book Publishing House, 1989. - p. 186. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7]
Course
The source of the Kedon is in the northern slopes of the
Molkaty Range. The river flows in a steady northern direction until its mouth. It heads across mountainous terrain and crosses the
Kedon Range
The Kedon Range ( rus, Кедонский хребет) is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Google Earth
The Kedon Range is separated from the other ranges of the Highlands by tectonic basins. The mountai ...
, dividing into multiple branches. It is bound by mountains on both sides, with the
Kongin Range
The Kongin Range ( rus, Конгинский хребет or ''Конгинские Горы'') is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Google Earth to the west in its lower course, until it reaches the
Omolon
The Omolon (russian: Омолон; sah, Омолоон) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May t ...
floodplain, where there are swamps and lakes and where it is joined by the Burgachan from the right. high Mt Golaya rises to the right of the final stretch. Shortly thereafter it joins the left bank of the
Omolon
The Omolon (russian: Омолон; sah, Омолоон) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May t ...
from its mouth, near the border of the
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
[ Google Earth]
The main tributaries of the Kedon are the long Omkuchan and long Levaya Kedon from the left, as well as the long Novaya, long Tumannaya and long Burgachan from the right.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drain ...
References
External links
Anadyr - Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
Rivers of Magadan Oblast
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