| Oklan Оклан / Ыӄлан | |
|---|---|
  Mouth location in Kamchatka Krai | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai |
| District | Penzhinsky District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Ichigem Range Koryak Highlands |
| • coordinates | 63°34′36″N 163°43′03″E / 63.57667°N 163.71750°E |
| • elevation | 540 metres (1,770 ft) |
| Mouth | Penzhina |
• coordinates | 62°33′11″N 166°32′50″E / 62.55306°N 166.54722°E |
• elevation | 23 metres (75 ft) |
| Length | 272 km (169 mi) |
| Basin size | 12,600 km2 (4,900 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 138 m3/s (4,900 cu ft/s) |
The Oklan (Russian: Оклан; Koryak: Ыӄлан) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The length of the river is 272 kilometres (169 mi) and the area of is drainage basin 12,600 square kilometres (4,900 sq mi).[1] It is the second most important tributary of the Penzhina after the Belaya.
The name of the river comes from the Koryak "yalan" (Ыӄлан), meaning "icy way".[2]
- ^ "Река Оклан in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- ^ Leontiev V.V. , Novikova K.A. Toponymic dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovshchikov ; FEB AS USSR . North-East complex. Research Institute. Lab. archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magadan . book. publishing house , 1989. - S. 290. - 456 p. — ISBN 5-7581-0044-7