The Kolikyogan (Russian: Коликъёган,[1] also Колекъёган, often written Kolik"yegan or Kolik'egan) is a river in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia. It is a right-hand tributary of the westward-flowing Vakh, which it enters from the north. It is 457 kilometres (284 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 12,200 square kilometres (4,700 sq mi).[2]

Kolikyogan
Kolikyogan is located in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Kolikyogan
Mouth location in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Location
CountryRussia
RegionKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSiberian Uvaly
MouthVakh
 • coordinates
61°05′47″N 78°17′40″E / 61.09639°N 78.29444°E / 61.09639; 78.29444
Length457 km (284 mi)
Basin size12,200 km2 (4,700 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionVakhObKara Sea

The interfluvial area between the Kolikyogan and Sabun rivers of the west Siberian lowland is a zone of raised string bogs covering 12,885 square kilometres (4,975 sq mi). It is a status B Ramsar wetland, nominated for designation as a Wetland of International Importance in 2000.[3] The river gives its name to the Verkhae-Kolikyogan oilfield, which has estimated ultimate recovery of 160 million cubic metres (1,008 million barrels) oil and of 120 billion cubic metres (4.2 trillion cubic feet) gas.[4]

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  1. ^ Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Federal Service for Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, 1999, p. 187
  2. ^ "Река КОЛИК ЕГАН in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ Fraser & Keddy 2005, p. 55.
  4. ^ Halbouty 2003, p. 84.

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