Ola (river)


The Ola is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It is long, with a drainage basin of.
The R504 Kolyma Highway crosses the Ola about north of its mouth.

Course

The river has its source in the Ola Plateau of the Kolyma Highlands, southwest of Atka at an elevation of. It flows SSE for about then it bends and flows SSW across the Ola Lowland, bending again and flowing roughly southwards. Its last stretch is among wetlands between Magadan and Lake Chistoye. Finally it flows in the Taui Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk. Ola, the administrative center of Ola District is located at the mouth of the river.
The main tributary of the Ola is the Lankovaya that joins it in its lower course from the left.