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The Olenyok River (Оленёк, sometimes spelled Olenek) is a major river in northern Siberian Russia. It is 2,292 km long, of which around 1,000km is navigable. Its major tributary is the Arga-Sala River. The Murray River in Australia. ... Siberia is also an album by Echo & The Bunnymen. ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...


The river's source is on the northern Central Siberian Plateau, from where it flows north east through Olenyok before emptying into the Laptev Sea at Ust-Olenyok just west of the Lena River delta. The Central Siberian Plateau (ru: Среднесиби́рское плоского́рье) is a part of Siberia. ... A map showing the location of the Laptev Sea. ... The Lena River (Russian: Ле́на) in Siberia is the 10th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed. ...


The Olenyok is known for its abundant fish. Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: one of the most abundant species of fish in the world. ...


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Olenyok River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (103 words)
The Olenyok River (Оленёк, sometimes spelled Olenek) is a major river in northern Siberian Russia.
The river's source is on the northern Central Siberian Plateau, from where it flows north east through Olenyok before emptying into the Laptev Sea at Ust-Olenyok just west of the Lena River delta.
The Olenyok is known for its abundant fish.
Sakha Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (0 words)
Covers the republic's territory to the west of the Lena River as well as the territories of uluses located on the both sides of the Lena River.
Russians established agriculture in the Lena River basin.
The members of religious groups who were exiled to Sakha in the second half of the 19th century began to grow wheat, oats, and potatoes.
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