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Oloy

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Oloy is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.

Feature Class
River
Coordinates
65.69°, 162.42°
7.0
Coordinates: 65.6858° N, 162.4181° ECountry: RussiaOpenStreetMap ↗

About Oloy

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). The river flows through sparsely populated areas of Chukotka.

Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Oloy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Oloy: Key Facts

Key facts about Oloy
Length414 km
Average discharge129 m³/s
Drainage basin23,100 km²
MouthOmolon

Facts from Wikidata Q1111329 (CC0).

Major River Dossiers

Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.

Connected Reaches

Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.

Water Bodies in the Catchment

Settlements Along the Reach

Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby

Surrounding Terrain

Oloy: Quick Answers

Where is Oloy?
Oloy is located in Russia, at 65.6858° N, 162.4181° E.
Are there dams on the Oloy?
No dam on the Oloy is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.