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The Kolyma River originates in the Kolyma Mountains. The river covers a total length of 2,120 kilometers or 1,323 miles. The total drainage land in the Kolyma river belt is around 2,50,000 square miles. The River Kolyma travels through the Sakha Republic, the Magadan region and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. In the upper course of the river, the flow is rapid and cuts through steep gorges. The flow of the Kolyna river widens and becomes slower beyond the Zuryanka. Finally, the Kolyma river empties into the East Siberian Sea.
The basin region of the river Kolyma covers around the 6,44,000 square kilometers. The river remains frozen during most of the year. The ice melts for 105 days. During this time, the water remains concealed under several sheets of ice. This region is economically important because of the gold mining scopes and is also known for the Gulag mining camps. In the labor camps held by Joseph Stalin, more than a million prisoners died due to exploitation.
Baron Edward Von Toll had been carrying out expeditions through the course of the Kolyma river. He was working with the Russian Academy of Sciences. He had also carried out such other expeditions for the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Indigirka River.
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