The Omoloy ( ) is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Laptev Sea east of the river Lena. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the Sakha (Yakutia) administrative region of Russia.
There is a protected area in the basin of the river. The now extinct Beringian steppe bison used to have its habitat in the area of the Omoloy.
Course
It flows roughly northwards across the tundra along a valley limited by the Sietinden Range to the west and the Kular Range to the east. Both ranges are part of the Verkhoyansk Range system. The Omoloy flows through the East Siberian Lowland into the Laptev Sea. Its mouth is located in the eastern coast of the Buor-Khaya Gulf. The river freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May or early June.
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Omoloy are the long Kuranakh-Yuryakh, the long Arga-Yuryakh, the long Bukhuruk (Бухурук) and the long Sietinde (Сиэтиндьэ) from its left side, as well as the long Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur from the right.
See also
List of rivers of Russia
Verkhoyansk Range
References
External links
Laptev Sea Basin
Biostratigraphy of the Late Cenozoic East Siberia (Yakutia) Ecological problems 1995 Expedition