Kuoyka
Sign in to saveThe Kuoyka or Kuoika (; ) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russian Federation. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Kuoyka flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements.
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The Kuoyka or Kuoika (; ) is a river in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russian Federation. It is a tributary of the Olenyok with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Kuoyka flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of the Olenyoksky District devoid of settlements.
The name of the river comes from the Nganasan word "kuoika", (куойка), meaning a household deity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kuoyka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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