Kolyma River basin

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The Kolyma River basin is a vast, sparsely populated watershed in northeastern Siberia that drains into the Arctic Ocean and is known for its extreme cold, permafrost landscapes, and historical association with Soviet-era labor camps.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Kolyma River basin canonical 6
Kolyma River 1
Kolyma River region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
climate polar climate in northern parts ⓘ
subarctic climate ⓘ
contains Kolyma Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
Kolyma River ⓘ
Magadan Oblast regions ⓘ
parts of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
drainsInto Arctic Ocean ⓘ
ecoregion Bering tundra ⓘ
East Siberian taiga ⓘ
linked to: Siberian taiga
environmentalConcern climate change impacts on permafrost ⓘ
mercury and heavy metal contamination from mining ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic ice-rich sediments ⓘ
periglacial processes ⓘ
hasFauna Arctic fox ⓘ
brown bear ⓘ
reindeer ⓘ
salmon species ⓘ
hasFeature continuous permafrost ⓘ
mountainous terrain in upper reaches ⓘ
taiga forests in southern areas ⓘ
tundra vegetation in northern areas ⓘ
hasHydrologyCharacteristic long winter ice cover ⓘ
spring snowmelt floods ⓘ
historicalAssociation Gulag system ⓘ
Soviet forced labor camps ⓘ
indigenousPeoples Even ⓘ
Yakut (Sakha) ⓘ
linked to: Sakha

Yukaghir ⓘ
knownFor Soviet-era labor camps ⓘ
extreme cold ⓘ
permafrost landscapes ⓘ
sparse population ⓘ
languageRegion Russian ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Siberia ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Siberia
mainUrbanCenter Magadan ⓘ
partOf Russian Far East ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East
populationDensity very low ⓘ
transportRoute Kolyma Highway ⓘ
usedFor gold mining ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arctic drainage basin → hasPart → Kolyma River basin ⓘ
Kolyma Mountains → near → Kolyma River ⓘ
linked to: Kolyma River basin
Kolyma Mountains → drainageTo → Kolyma River basin ⓘ
Kolyma Mountains → partOf → Kolyma region ⓘ
linked to: Kolyma River basin
Magadan Oblast → hasRegion → Kolyma River basin ⓘ
Kolyma Highway → associatedWith → Kolyma gold mining region ⓘ
linked to: Kolyma River basin
Chersky Range → separates → Kolyma River basin ⓘ
Yukaghir → traditionalRegion → Kolyma River basin ⓘ
Yukaghir → traditionalRegion → Upper Kolyma ⓘ
linked to: Kolyma River basin
R504 Kolyma → passesThrough → Kolyma River region ⓘ
linked to: Kolyma River basin
Kolyma Hydroelectric Station → riverBasin → Kolyma River basin ⓘ