Kolikyogan

River in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Mouth location in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia

LocationCountryRussiaRegionKhanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugPhysical characteristicsSource • locationSiberian Uvaly MouthVakh

• coordinates

61°05′47″N 78°17′40″E / 61.09639°N 78.29444°E / 61.09639; 78.29444Length457 km (284 mi)Basin size12,200 km² (4,700 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionVakh→ Ob→ Kara Sea

The Kolikyogan (Russian: Коликъёган,^[1] also Колекъёган, often written Kolik"yegan or Kolik'egan) is a river in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia. It is a right-hand tributary of the westward-flowing Vakh, which it enters from the north. It is 457 kilometres (284 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 12,200 square kilometres (4,700 sq mi).^[2]

The interfluvial area between the Kolikyogan and Sabun rivers of the west Siberian lowland is a zone of raised string bogs covering 12,885 square kilometres (4,975 sq mi). It is a status B Ramsar wetland, nominated for designation as a Wetland of International Importance in 2000.^[3] The river gives its name to the Verkhae-Kolikyogan oilfield, which has estimated ultimate recovery of 160 million cubic metres (1,008 million barrels) oil and of 120 billion cubic metres (4.2 trillion cubic feet) gas.^[4]

References

Citations

^ Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 187
^ "Река КОЛИК ЕГАН in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
^ Fraser & Keddy 2005, p. 55.
^ Halbouty 2003, p. 84.

Sources

Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Keddy, Paul A. (2005-06-10). The World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83404-9. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
Halbouty, Michel Thomas (2003). Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1990-1999. AAPG. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-89181-359-0. Retrieved 29 March 2013.