Lake Ozhogino
Lake Ozhogino | |
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Location | Sakha |
Coordinates | 69°16′00″N 146°36′00″E / 69.266667°N 146.6°ECoordinates: 69°16′00″N 146°36′00″E / 69.266667°N 146.6°E |
Primary outflows | |
Basin countries | Russia |
Surface area | 157 km2 (61 sq mi) |
Frozen | September - June |
Lake Ozhogino (Russian: Ожогино) is a large shallow freshwater lake in Sakha, Russia.[1] It has an area of 157 km². It freezes up in late September and stays icebound until June. (Indigirka's tributary) flows from the lake.[citation needed]
Geography[]
The lake is located in the Aby Lowland —part of the East Siberian Lowland, by the southeastern slopes of the Polousny Range. It is the largest of the 15,000 Aby Lakes.[2] Lake Suturuokha lies a short distance to the west.[3]
References[]
- ^ Rumyantsev, Vladislav A.; Kondratyev, Sergey A.; Izmaylova, Anna V. (2012). "Russian Lakes, Geographical Classification". Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs. Springer Netherlands. pp. 679–691. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_242. ISBN 978-1-4020-5616-1.
- ^ Ozhogino / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
- ^ Google Earth
External links[]
Media related to Lake Ozhogino at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Lakes of the Sakha Republic
- Sakha Republic geography stubs