The Kolyma Gulf ( Yakut : Халыма хомото, Xalıma xomoto ; Russian: Колымский залив, Kolymskiy Zaliv ) is the largest gulf of the East Siberian Sea .
4-684: The gulf is more than 300 km wide. Its limits are the NE projection of the Kolyma Lowlands close to the Medvyezhi Islands in the west and the Nutel'gyrgym Peninsula and Ayon Island in the east. The Kolyma River flows into the sea in the western side of the Kolyma Gulf, forming a huge river delta full of islands. The bay's coastline is lowland dotted with numerous lakes and swamps. The sea in this bay
8-520: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kolyma Lowlands The Kolyma Lowland ( Russian : Колымская низменность ) is a lowland plain in the northeastern parts of Sakha Republic in the basin of the Alazeya , Bolshaya Chukoch'ya and lower reaches of the Kolyma rivers. The lowland
12-686: Is formed by fluvio-lacustrine loam soil about 120 m thick. The climate is subarctic. The Kolyma Lowland stretches for 750 kilometers (470 mi) along the Kolyma River from the East Siberian Sea to the Chersky Range , between the Alazeya and Yukagir plateaus. Besides the Kolyma, other rivers in the lowland include the Alazeya , its tributary Rossokha , and the Chukochya . The average elevation of
16-696: Is frozen for over nine months every year and is often clogged with ice floes. Other rivers flowing into the Kolyma Gulf are the Rauchua and the Chukochya River . Administratively the western section of the Kolyma Gulf belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), while its eastern section belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation . This Sakha Republic location article
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