Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East, Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Magadan ...
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Russia
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. It is a left tributary of the
Kolyma river
The Kolyma (, ; ) is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia.
The Kolyma is frozen to depths of several metres for about 250 days each year, b ...
, which forms at the confluence of the Ayan-Yuryakh and the Kulu.
Course
The source of the river is in the Khalkan Range.
The river flows across the
Upper Kolyma Highlands
The Upper Kolyma Highlands () is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman.
There are large deposits of gold, tin and rare metals in the Upper Kolyma Highlands. The area ...
and is fed primarily by rain and snow.
Its main tributary is the long
Belichan
Belichan () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Susumansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia. Population:
Geography
Belichan is located in the Upper Kolyma Highlands
The Upper Kolyma Highlands () is a highland area in Magada ...
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List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained i ...
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Nera Plateau
The Nera Plateau (, ) is a mountain plateau in the southeastern Sakha Republic ( Oymyakon District) and the northwestern end of Magadan Oblast (Susumansky District), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.
The Ust-Nera - Magadan tract of the R504 ...