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The Okhota (Russian: Охота, from an Even word окат (okat) meaning "river"[1]) is a river in Khabarovsk Krai which flows south to the Sea of Okhotsk near the port town of Okhotsk.[2]

Okhota
Map of Ohota River Basin
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Suntar-Khayata Range
Mouth	Sea of Okhotsk
• coordinates	59°19′42″N 143°04′21″E
Length	393 km (244 mi)
Basin size	11,900 square kilometres (4,600 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	200 cubic metres per second (7,100 cu ft/s)

The Okhota is 393 kilometres (244 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 19,100 square kilometres (7,400 sq mi).[3] To the east is the parallel Kukhtuy River and then the Kukhtuy Range. To the west is the short Urak River and to the north of it, the Yudoma Range. North of its headwaters, on the other side of the Suntar-Khayata Range, the Taryn-Yuryakh river runs north to join the Indigirka River near Oymyakon.

Course

The Okhota begins in the Suntar-Khayata Range at about 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level at the junction of the Left Okhota and Right Okhota rivers. These are about 10 kilometres (6 mi) long and start from an elevation of 1,800 to 2,000 metres (5,900 to 6,600 ft). First a mountain stream, the river later flows along with the river Kukhtuy in a wide valley between Yudoma and Kukhtuy Ranges to join the Kukhtuy to form the harbor of Okhotsk, a natural harbour of the Sea of Okhotsk formed by a sand spit. In 1810 the ice-choked river cut a new mouth through the spit at Novoye Ustye.

The banks of the river are mostly forested. There is an important salmon run. The lower reaches of the river are navigable for small craft. The Okhota is frozen from early November to May.[2] Snow cover in the valley can last until late June.

History

In the fur hunting trade, since there are no easy portages to the Okhota, the Russians usually approached Okhotsk from the Urak or the Ulya to the west. The only main route that used the Okhota ran from the "corner" of the Yudoma over the 100-kilometre (62 mi) Okhotsk Portage to the Okhota about 100 kilometres north of its mouth. There was some pasture along the river but not enough to keep many Yakutsk pack-horses over winter. Larch was cut and floated down the river for shipbuilding. Around 1750 there were 37 peasant families and from 1735 a few Yakut cattlemen.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Russia

References

На других языках

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[de] Ochota

Die 393 km lange Ochota (russisch Охо́та) ist ein Zufluss des Ochotskisches Meeres im Fernen Osten Russlands.

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- [en] Okhota

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[es] Río Ojota

El río Ojota (en ruso, Охота, literalmente caza, procedente de una palabra que en tungus significa «río») es un corto río costero de la costa asiática de Rusia, que fluye hacia el sur hasta desaguar en el mar de Ojotsk en la ciudad y puerto de Ojotsk. Administrativamente, discurre íntegramente por el krai de Jabárovsk. El río Ojota tiene 393 km de largo y drena una cuenca de 19.100 km².[1] Se congela desde principios de noviembre a mayo. La capa de nieve en el valle puede durar hasta finales de junio. Al este se encuentra, casi en paralelo, el río Kujtui y luego la cordillera Kujtui. Al oeste, está el corto río Urak y al norte de éste, la cordillera Yudoma. Al norte de su cabecera, en el otro lado de la cordillera Suntar-Jayata, otro río corre hacia el norte hasta unirse al río Indigirka cerca Omyakon.

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[it] Ochota (fiume)

La Ochota (anche Ohota; conosciuta nell'alto corso con il nome di Levaja Ochota, Ochota sinistra) è un fiume della Russia siberiana estremo orientale (Territorio di Chabarovsk), tributario del mare di Ochotsk.

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[ru] Охота (река)

Охо́та (в верховье — Левая Охота[2]) — река на Дальнем Востоке России. Протекает по территории Охотского района Хабаровского края.

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