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Omoloy

Omoloy

The Omoloy (Russian: ОмолойYakut: Омолой) is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Laptev Sea east of the river Lena. It is 593 kilometres (368 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 38,900 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi). Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the Sakha (Yakutia) administrative region of Russia.

There is a 332,500 ha (822,000 acres) protected area in the basin of the river. The now extinct Beringian steppe bison used to have its habitat in the area of the Omoloy.