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Kolyma (Колыма́, IPA: [kəɫɨˈma]) or Kolyma Krai (Колымский край) is a historical region in the Russian Far East that includes the basin of Kolyma River and the northern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as the Kolyma Mountains (the watershed of the two [1]).
The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland (Russian: Колымское нагорье, romanized: Kolymskoye Nagorye), is a system of mountain ranges in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kolyma region. [1]
The Kolyma begins at the confluence of the Kulu and the Ayan-Yuryakh (Kolyma a natural continuation of Ayan-Yuryakh). The confluence happens in the Okhotsk-Kolyma Upland (Охотско-Колымское нагорье), which lies within the watershed that separates the Kolyma basin and the basins of rivers flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk. [7]
The R504 Kolyma Highway (Russian: Федеральная автомобильная дорога «Колыма», Federal'naya Avtomobil'naya Doroga «Kolyma», "Federal Automobile Highway 'Kolyma'"), part of the M56 route, is a road through the Russian Far East.
The Oloy Range rises in the northernmost sector of the Kolyma Highlands System. The range runs in a roughly northwest / southeast direction for over 350 kilometers (220 mi), between the Anyuy Range to the north and the Ush-Urekchen to the south, roughly parallel to both.
The Kedon Range rises in the central sector of the Kolyma Highlands system. The main ridge runs in an arch to the west and southwest of the course of the Omolon. It stretches from the south to the northwest for over 150 kilometers (93 mi) from the eastern end of the Molkaty Range in the south. The southern end is not clearly delimited, with the ...
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The Omolon flows into the Kolyma. The Omolon (Russian: Омолон; Yakut: Омолоон, Omoloon) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is 1,114 kilometres (692 mi). The area of its basin is 113,000 square kilometres (44,000 sq mi). [1]