Lake Ozhogino

Lake Ozhogino
Lake Ozhogino
	Lake Ozhogino Lake Ozhogino
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

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

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[1] 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.

[ЭСБЕ-2] Ozhogino / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.

[GЕ-3] Google Earth

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