Oklan

Oklan
Оклан / Ыӄлан
Oklan is located in Kamchatka Krai
Oklan
Mouth location in Kamchatka Krai
Location
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKamchatka Krai
DistrictPenzhinsky District
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationIchigem Range
Koryak Highlands
 • coordinates63°34′36″N 163°43′03″E / 63.57667°N 163.71750°E / 63.57667; 163.71750
 • elevation540 metres (1,770 ft)
MouthPenzhina
 • coordinates
62°33′11″N 166°32′50″E / 62.55306°N 166.54722°E / 62.55306; 166.54722
 • elevation
23 metres (75 ft)
Length272 km (169 mi)
Basin size12,600 km2 (4,900 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average138 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]

  1. ^ "Река Оклан in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  2. ^ 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