Oloy

For the mountains, see Oloy Range.

Oloy
Mouth location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Left Oloy and Right Oloy Ush-Urekchen Kolyma Highlands
• elevation	633 m (2,077 ft)
Mouth	Omolon
• coordinates	66.4665°N 159.4538°E / 66.4665; 159.4538
• elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Length	471 km (293 mi)
Basin size	23,100 km^2 (8,900 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	113 m^3/s (4,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Omolon → Kolyma→ East 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

• List of rivers of Russia

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.

External links

• Pictures of Chukchi people in the Oloy basin
• "Tourism and environment" (PDF). (571 KB)