The Omoloy is a river in Siberia, flowing into the Laptev Sea east of the river Lena. It is 593 km long, and has a drainage basin of 38900 km2. Administratively the basin of the Omoloy is part of the Sakha (Yakutia) administrative region of Russia. There is a 332500 ha protected area in the basin of the river. The now extinct Beringian steppe bison used to have its habitat in the area of the Omoloy.

Course

It flows roughly northwards across the tundra along a valley limited by the Sietinden Range to the west and the Kular Range to the east. Both ranges are part of the Verkhoyansk Range system. The Omoloy flows through the East Siberian Lowland into the Laptev Sea. Its mouth is located in the eastern coast of the Buor-Khaya Gulf. The river freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May or early June.

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Omoloy are the 279 km long Kuranakh-Yuryakh, the 190 km long Arga-Yuryakh, the 91 km long Bukhuruk (Бу­ху­рук) and the 98 km long Sietinde (Сиэтиндьэ) from its left side, as well as the 159 km long Ulakhan-Kyuegyulyur from the right.