Lake Oron
{{Short description|Lake in eastern Irkutsk Oblast (Bodaybinsky District), Russia}}
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{{Infobox lake
|name=Lake Oron
|image = Delyun-Uran Gorges ONC D-7.jpg
|caption = Delyun-Uran map section with Lake Oron.
|coords = {{coord|57|6|9|N|116|31|53|E|region:RU-BU_type:waterbody_scale:5000000|display=inline,title}}
|outflow = Vitim
|inflow = Kamennaya, Kultushnaya, Sygykta
|catchment = {{convert|3570|km2|abbr=on}}
|length = {{convert|24|km|abbr=on}}
|pushpin_map=Russia Irkutsk Oblast
|width = {{convert|6.5|km|abbr=on}}
|area = {{convert|51.3|km2|abbr=on}}
|max-depth = {{convert|184|m|abbr=on}}
|elevation = {{convert|353|m|0|abbr=on}}
|reference = {{cite web |title=Ozero Oron |publisher=Mbendi Information Services |url=http://www.mbendi.com/attraction/ozero-oron-256948 |accessdate=29 August 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Lake Oron ({{langx|ru|озеро Орон|Ozero Oron}}) is a lake in eastern Irkutsk Oblast (Bodaybinsky District), Russia.
Geography
It is located in the Kodar Mountains, to the south of the southern slopes of the Delyun-Uran Range.{{cite journal |last1=Fedotov |first1=A.P. |last2=Chensky |first2=D.A. |last3=Grigorev |first3=K.A. |last4=Stepanova |first4=O.G. |last5=Chensky |first5=A.G. |last6=Chechetkina |first6=L.G. |title=Reconstruction of the Late-glacial and Holocene history of Lake Oron (Eastern Siberia, Russia) based on high-resolution reflection seismic data |journal=Environmental Earth Sciences |date=August 2015 |volume=74 |issue=3 |pages=2083–2091 |doi=10.1007/s12665-015-4642-x|bibcode=2015EES....74.2083F }} Lake Oron is connected to the Vitim River via a short waterway.{{cite book |last1=Reclus |first1=Elisée |authorlink1=Élisée Reclus |last2=Ravenstein |first2=Ernest George |authorlink2=Ernst Georg Ravenstein |last3=Keane |first3=Augustus Henry |authorlink3=Augustus Henry Keane |title=The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: Asiatic Russia: Caucasia, Aralo-Caspian basin, Siberia |publisher=D. Appleton |year=1891 |page=385}}
=Hydrography=
Lake Oron sits at an elevation of {{convert|353|m|sp=us}} above sea level. It is {{convert|24|km|sp=us}} long and {{convert|6.5|km|sp=us}} wide, with a surface area of {{convert|51.3|km2|sp=us}} and a maximum depth of {{convert|184|m|sp=us}}. The western and eastern slopes of the lake are practically vertical, and 85 percent of the lake is of a depth greater than {{convert|100|m|sp=us}}, while the northern part of the lake that connects to the Vitim River is more shallow, with depths up to {{convert|18|m|sp=us}}. 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.
See also
References
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