Lake Oron

Lake Oron
Location	Siberia, Russia
Coordinates	57°6′9″N 116°31′53″E / 57.10250°N 116.53139°ECoordinates: 57°6′9″N 116°31′53″E / 57.10250°N 116.53139°E
Primary inflows	Kamennaya, Kultushnaya, Sygykta
Primary outflows	Vitim
Catchment area	3,570 km^2 (1,380 sq mi)
Max. length	24 km (15 mi)
Max. width	6.5 km (4.0 mi)
Surface area	51.3 km^2 (19.8 sq mi)
Max. depth	184 m (604 ft)
Surface elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
References	[1][2]

Lake Oron (Russian: озеро Орон, tr. Ozero Oron) is a lake located in eastern Irkutsk Oblast (Bodaybinsky District), Russia, in the Kodar Mountains.^[1] The lake is connected to the Vitim River via a short waterway.^[3]

Hydrography

Lake Oron sits at an elevation of 353 meters (1,158 ft) above sea level. It is 24 kilometers (15 mi) long and 6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi) wide, with a surface area of 51.3 square kilometers (19.8 sq mi) and a maximum depth of 184 meters (604 ft). The western and eastern slopes of the lake are practically vertical, and 85 percent of the lake is of a depth greater than 100 meters (330 ft), while the northern part of the lake that connects to the Vitim River is more shallow, with depths up to 18 meters (59 ft). The presence of deep faults beneath Lake Oron strongly suggest that the lake has a tectonic origin, with a hydrological regime determined more by changes in precipitation than by glacier meltwater.^[1]

References

1. Fedotov, A.P.; Chensky, D.A.; Grigorev, K.A.; Stepanova, O.G.; Chensky, A.G.; Chechetkina, L.G. (August 2015). "Reconstruction of the Late-glacial and Holocene history of Lake Oron (Eastern Siberia, Russia) based on high-resolution reflection seismic data". Environmental Earth Sciences 74 (3): 2083–2091. doi:10.1007/s12665-015-4642-x.
2. "Ozero Oron". Mbendi Information Services. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
3. Reclus, Elisée; Ravenstein, Ernest George; Keane, Augustus Henry (1891). The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: Asiatic Russia: Caucasia, Aralo-Caspian basin, Siberia. D. Appleton. p. 385.