The Omoloy (russian: Омолой sah, Омолой) is a
river
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in
Siberia
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, flowing into the
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, th ...
east of the river
Lena
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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the
Sakha
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...
(Yakutia) administrative region of
Russia
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.
There is a
protected area
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in the basin of the river.The now extinct
Beringian steppe bison used to have its habitat in the area of the Omoloy.
Course
It flows roughly northwards across the
tundra
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along a valley limited by the
Sietinden Range
The Sietinden Range (russian: Сиетиндэнский хребет; sah, Сиэтэндэ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation.[Kular Range
The Kular Range (russian: хребет Кулар, ''Khrebet Kular''; sah, Кулар сис, Kular Sis) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Eveno-Bytantaysky National District of the Sa ...]
to the east. Both ranges are part of the
Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
system.
The Omoloy flows through the
East Siberian Lowland
The East Siberian Lowland ( rus, Восточно-Сибирская низменность), also known as Yana-Kolyma Lowland,Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, ''A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands.'' p. 16 is a vast plai ...
into the
Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea ( rus, мо́ре Ла́птевых, r=more Laptevykh; sah, Лаптевтар байҕаллара, translit=Laptevtar baỹğallara) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the northern coast of Siberia, th ...
. Its mouth is located in the eastern coast of the
Buor-Khaya Gulf
The Buor-Khaya Gulf or Buor-Khaya Bight (russian: Губа Буор-Хая) is one of the most important gulfs of the Laptev Sea. Administratively the Buor-Khaya Gulf belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.
There is an ...
. The river freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May or early June.
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Omoloy are the long
Kuranakh-Yuryakh
The Kuranakh-Yuryakh (russian: Куранах-Юрях or Кураанах-Юрэх; sah, Кураанах Үрэх, ''Kuraanax Ürex'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river h ...
, the long
Arga-Yuryakh
The Arga-Yuryakh (russian: Арга-Юрях; sah, Арҕаа Үрэх, ''Arğaa Ürex'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . ...
, the long Bukhuruk (Бухурук) and the long
Sietinde (Сиэтиндьэ) from its left side, as well as the long
Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur
The Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur (russian: Улахан-Кюэгюлюр; sah, Улахан Күөгүлүүр, ''Ulaxan Küögülüür'') is a river in Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the major tributaries of the Omoloy. The river has a le ...
from the right.
Омолой
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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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 drained into ...
*Verkhoyansk Range
The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...
References
External links
Laptev Sea Basin
Biostratigraphy of the Late Cenozoic East Siberia (Yakutia)
Ecological problems
1995 Expedition
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
East Siberian Lowland
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