- Kolyma Gulf
The Kolyma Gulf (Russian: Колымский залив; Kolymskiy Zaliv) is the largest gulf of the
East Siberian Sea . Its western limits are the NE projection of theKolyma Lowlands close to theMedvyezhi Islands in the west and theNutel'gyrgym Peninsula andAyon Island in the east, being more than 300 Km wide.The
Kolyma River flows into the sea in the western side of the Kolyma Gulf, forming a hugeriver delta full of islands. The bay's coastline is lowland dotted with numerous lakes and swamps. The sea in this bay is frozen for over nine months every year and is often clogged with ice floes. Other rivers flowing into the Kolyma Gulf are the Rauchua and theChukochya River .The Kolyma Gulf should not be confused with the smaller
Kolyma Bay further west.Administratively the western section of the Kolyma Gulf belongs to the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia), while its eastern section belongs to theChukotka Autonomous Okrug of theRussian Federation .References
* [http://worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp/russia_guide.htm Location]
* [http://www.wetlands.org/Russia/Ru/getfilefromdb.aspx?ID=69106ae6-7c3e-47ac-8966-b55c11a4fb2f Wetlands in Russia]
* [http://epic.awi.de/Publications/BerPolarforsch2004482.pdf Arctic Coastal Dynamics]
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