Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . bove the mouthof the Kolyma and just inside the Arctic tree limit. i^ SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. • 66 The Kolyma is the most easterly of the great rivers of northern Siberia,and is here about three versts (two miles) [a verst is mile] wide. Itheads in the Stanovoi Mountains and approaches the Alaskan Yukon in length,drainage, and volume. The town site is situated near the lower end of a narrow, low island sur-rounded by two arms of the Kolyma River and about 100 versts long. Nearthe upper end of t
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . bove the mouthof the Kolyma and just inside the Arctic tree limit. i^ SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. • 66 The Kolyma is the most easterly of the great rivers of northern Siberia,and is here about three versts (two miles) [a verst is mile] wide. Itheads in the Stanovoi Mountains and approaches the Alaskan Yukon in length,drainage, and volume. The town site is situated near the lower end of a narrow, low island sur-rounded by two arms of the Kolyma River and about 100 versts long. Nearthe upper end of this island the Omolon empties into the Kolyma from theright. Opposite Nizhni Kolymsk and but a few versts apart, the two Anyuirivers—Big and Little—flow into the Kolyma, likewise from the right. These three rivers are the most important tributaries and head also in theStanovoi Mountains. But while the mountain passes beyond the sources of theKolyma and Omolon lead to tributaries of the Sea of Okhotsk, the headwatersof the two Anvui connect with those of the
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