Lake Ozhogino
Appearance
Lake Ozhogino | |
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Location | Sakha |
Coordinates | 69°16′00″N 146°36′00″E / 69.266667°N 146.6°E |
Primary outflows | Ozhogin River |
Basin countries | Russia |
Surface area | 157 km2 (61 sq mi) |
Frozen | September - June |
Lake Ozhogino (Russian: Ожогино озеро; Yakut: Одьуогун Күөл, romanized: Ocuogun Küöl) 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. Ozhogin River (Indigirka's tributary) flows from the lake.[citation needed]
Geography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Rumyantsev, Vladislav A.; Kondratyev, Sergey A.; Izmaylova, Anna V. (2012). "Russian Lakes, Geographical Classification". Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. 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
[edit]- Media related to Lake Ozhogino at Wikimedia Commons