Omoloy River

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The Omoloi (Russian Омолой ) is a 593 km long river or stream in the northeast of the Russian Republic of Sakha (Yakutia ).

Geographical location

The Omoloi rises in the western part of the extensive East Siberian Uplands in the east of the Verkhoyansk Mountains. Its source is at the southeastern flank of the elongated Sietindenskikamms to about 650 m.

The predominantly northward extending current flows through sparsely inhabited area and in the upper and middle course between the Sietindenskikamm the west and the Kulargebirge in the east. He passes through the village Namy, which is located just before the influence of the Ulachan - Baky. Then he leaves gradually - the west of the river located Ulachan - Sis - comb passing - the East Siberian highlands and reached at the latest when located below the confluence of the Ulachan - Kjuegjuljur Chajur where he turns to the northwest, with the Jana - Indigirka lowlands to the western part of large-scale East Siberian lowlands; about 150 km east of Omoloi flows with Jana, the western part of this area eponymous streams.

Finally, the Omoloi opens on the east coast of Buor - Haya - golf in the Laptev Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean.

Hydrology, ice and tributaries

The catchment area of ​​Omoloi is about 38,900 km ² and has especially in the lower reaches swamps and very numerous lakes. In this area the still and flowing waters are covered annually on average by the end of September or early October to late May or early June of ice. If then melt in the summer ice and snow and permafrost thaw, there is strong flood.

Among the tributaries of the Omoloi belong with orographic mapping (l = left side, from the Sietindenskikamm (or those crossing ) zoom fluent, r = right side, coming from the Kulargebirge ) and - if known - Length ( downriver considered ):

• Buchuruk ( l, 138 km)
• Ulachan - Baky ( l)
• Sieminde ( l; 98 km)

• Kuranach - Jurjach ( l, 203 km)
• Arga Jurjach ( l, 264 km )
• Ulachan - Kjuegjuljur (r; 187 km)

Flora and Fauna

The through the tundra with typical vegetation of mosses and lichens and boreal forests (taiga ) running Omoloi is rich in fish, for example, in the estuary live Arctic whitefish (Coregonus ) and salmon fish ( such as Omule ). Its catchment area is habitat among others by steppe bison.