The Kedon (russian: Кедон) is a river in

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is admin ...

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. It has a length of and a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of . The Kedon is a left tributary of the

Omolon The Omolon (russian: Омолон; sah, Омолоон) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May t ...

, of the

Kolyma Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River ...

basin. The river flows steadily northwards across an uninhabited area of the

Kolyma Mountains The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland ( rus, Колымское нагорье, r=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 Ko ...

. The nearest village is

, located upstream of its mouth. The name of the river originated in the Yukaghir language.Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'' / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov of the Far Eastern Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan Book Publishing House, 1989. - p. 186. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7

Course

The source of the Kedon is in the northern slopes of the Molkaty Range. The river flows in a steady northern direction until its mouth. It heads across mountainous terrain and crosses the Kedon Range, dividing into multiple branches. It is bound by mountains on both sides, with the

Kongin Range The Kongin Range ( rus, Конгинский хребет or ''Конгинские Горы'') is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google Earth

to the west in its lower course, until it reaches the

floodplain, where there are swamps and lakes and where it is joined by the Burgachan from the right. high Mt Golaya rises to the right of the final stretch. Shortly thereafter it joins the left bank of the

from its mouth, near the border of the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian Far East, and shares a bo ...

. Google Earth The main tributaries of the Kedon are the long Omkuchan and long Levaya Kedon from the left, as well as the long Novaya, long Tumannaya and long Burgachan from the right.

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Anadyr - Freshwater Ecoregions of the World
Rivers of Magadan Oblast {{Russia-river-stub

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