Kolyma Lowland

 ( East Siberian Lowland ) 

The Kolyma Lowland () is a lowland plain in the northeastern parts of Sakha Republic in the basin of the Alazeya River, Bolshaya Chukoch'ya and lower reaches of the Kolyma River rivers. The lowland is formed by fluvio-lacustrine loam soil about 120 m thick. The climate is subarctic.

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Geography The Kolyma Lowland stretches for along the Kolyma River from the East Siberian Sea to the Chersky Range, between the Alazeya Plateau and Yukagir plateaus. Besides the Kolyma, other rivers in the lowland include the Alazeya River, its tributary Rossokha River, and the Chukochya River. The average elevation of the Kolyma lowland is with occasional heights, such as the high Suor Uyata.Google Earth

The Kolyma Lowland is part of the wider Yana-Kolyma system of lowlands, which include the Aby Lowland to the south of the Polousny Range and the Yana-Indigirka on the northern and western sides.Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16

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See also

• Northeast Siberian coastal tundra
• Pleistocene park

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