Olyokma River

The Olyokma River (, , ; , ) is a tributary of the Lena in eastern Siberia.

History
In the summer of 1631, Russian pioneer Pyotr Beketov entered the Olyokma during his first voyage down the Lena River and in 1636 he founded the present-day city of Olyokminsk near the mouth of the river on the left bank of Lena.  

Yerofey Khabarov used this river's route to travel from the Lena to the Amur during his mid-17th century expeditions.

Course
The river is approximately  long. The Olyokma rises in the Muroy Range, Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands (Олёкминский Становик), west of Mogocha.  It flows north through remote terrain before joining the Lena near Olyokminsk.

To the west is the Vitim River, to the south the Shilka River and Amur River, and to the east the upper Aldan River. Its right branch, the  River, leads to a portage to the Shilka.  Other tributaries are the  and the Chara Rivers.

See also
List of rivers of Russia
Patom Highlands

References

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Category:Rivers of the Sakha Republic