The Sugoy () is a river in
Magadan Oblast
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,
Russian Far East
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. It is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
The river freezes in October and stays frozen until late May or early June. There are important
coal
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Coal i ...
deposits in the Sugoy basin.
[Сугой, ]Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov
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- 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978.
Course
The river has its source in the confluence of two small rivers of the
Kolyma Highlands at an elevation of and flows roughly westwards in its upper course. After a sharp bend it flows northwards along the eastern flank of the
Omsukchan Range
The Omsukchan Range () is a mountain range in the Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Омсукчанский хребет, Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. Alexander Prokhorov, A.M. Prokhorov – 3rd ed. – M, 1 ...
. North of
Omsukchan
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History
Omsukchan was ...
town the
intermontane basin where the river flows is up to wide and includes extensive
wetland
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areas, as well as dense forests. Finally it joins the right bank of the
Kolyma
Kolyma (, ) or Kolyma Krai () 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). It is bounded to ...
from its mouth.
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The main tributary of the Sugoy is the
Khetagchan (Хетагчан) that joins it in its lower course from the right.
1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-8
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
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External links
Water
(in Russian)
Kolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast
Rivers of Magadan Oblast
Kolyma Mountains