Kolikyogan Explained

Kolikyogan
Pushpin Map:Russia Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Pushpin Map Caption:Mouth location in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Mouth Coordinates:61.0964°N 78.2944°W
Progression:Vakh
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Type2:Region
Length:457km (284miles)
Basin Size:12200km2

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 long, and has a drainage basin of .

The interfluvial area between the Kolikyogan and Sabun rivers of the west Siberian lowland is a zone of raised string bogs covering .It is a status B Ramsar wetland, nominated for designation as a Wetland of International Importance in 2000.The river gives its name to the Verkhae-Kolikyogan oilfield, which has estimated ultimate recovery of 1008e6oilbbl oil and of 4.2e12ft3 gas.

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  1. https://rosreestr.ru/upload/Doc/21-upr/237%20%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%93.pdf Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ