Kedon

The Kedon is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin of.
The Kedon is a left tributary of the Omolon, of the Kolyma basin.
The river flows steadily northwards across an uninhabited area of the Kolyma Mountains. The nearest village is Omolon, located upstream of its mouth. The name of the river originated in the Yukaghir language.

Course

The source of the Kedon is in the northern slopes of the Molkaty Range. The river flows in a steady northern direction until its mouth. It heads across mountainous terrain and crosses the Kedon Range, dividing into multiple branches. It is bound by mountains on both sides, with the Kongin Range to the west in its lower course, until it reaches the Omolon floodplain, where there are swamps and lakes and where it is joined by the Burgachan from the right. high Mt Golaya rises to the right of the final stretch. Shortly thereafter it joins the left bank of the Omolon from its mouth, near the border of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
The main tributaries of the Kedon are the long Omkuchan and long Levaya Kedon from the left, as well as the long Novaya, long Tumannaya and long Burgachan from the right.