Omolon
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Omolon Омолон |
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 Catchment area of the Kolyma and course of the Omolon |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | RU : 19010200112119000047988 | |
| location | Magadan Oblast , Chukchi Autonomous Okrug , Sakha Republic (Yakutia) ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Kolyma | |
| Drain over | Kolyma → Arctic Ocean | |
| source |
Kolyma Mountains 64 ° 1 ′ 2 ″ N , 161 ° 48 ′ 5 ″ E |
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| muzzle | at Kolymskoje in the Kolyma coordinates: 68 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N , 158 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E 68 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N , 158 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E
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| length | 1114 km | |
| Catchment area | 113,000 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
700 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Kedon | |
| Right tributaries | Molongda , Oloi , Oloitschan , Karbastschan, Bolshaya Avlandja | |
| Communities | Omolon | |
| Navigable | 600 km | |
The 1114 km long Omolon ( Russian Омолон , Yakut Омолоон / Omoloon ) is the largest tributary of the Kolyma , which flows in Siberia (Northern Russia , Asia ) .
River course
It rises in the gold-rich Kolyma Mountains not far from its main ridge. From there, the Omolon flows north through the north-west sloping landscape of these high mountains , where it receives its largest inflow, the Oloi (Олой). West along the Jukagiren plateau and flowing further north, the river enters the East Siberian lowland , where it only reaches the Kolyma a little west of the Kolyma estuary delta .
Landscape image
The landscape on the Omolon is dominated by the boreal coniferous forests of the taiga , which merge into the forest tundra and tundra towards the coast . In the last-mentioned, northernmost inhabited regions of the world, because of the permafrost and the low water content in the soil, tall plants such as trees cannot develop, but lichens , mosses , bushes and ferns predominate.
See also
- List of the longest rivers on earth
- Gold mining in the Kolyma Mountains
- New Siberian Islands
- East Siberian mountain country