Oloy
Oloy is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Oloy
Mouth location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of Left Oloy and Right Oloy
Ush-Urekchen
Kolyma Highlands
  elevation633 m (2,077 ft)
MouthOmolon
  coordinates
66°27′59″N 159°27′14″E / 66.4665°N 159.4538°E / 66.4665; 159.4538
  elevation
129 m (423 ft)
Length471 km (293 mi)
Basin size23,100 km2 (8,900 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average113 m3/s (4,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionOmolonKolymaEast Siberian Sea

The Oloy (Russian: Олой) is a river in Magadan Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Omolon (Kolyma's basin). The length of the river is 471 kilometres (293 mi). The area of its drainage basin is 23,100 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi).[1] The river flows through sparsely populated areas of Chukotka.

Course

It has its sources in the Ush-Urekchen range, at the confluence of Left Oloy and Right Oloy. It flows roughly northwestwards between the Ush-Urekchen to the south and the Oloy Range to the north.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Река Олой (в верховье Лев. Олой) in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. "Топографска карта Q-57_58; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 5 March 2022.


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