| Palana | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of the Palana River | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Sea of Okhotsk |
| • location | Shelikhov Gulf |
| • coordinates | 59°04′12″N 159°49′57″E / 59.0699°N 159.8325°E / 59.0699; 159.8325 |
| Length | 141 km (88 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,500 km (970 sq mi) |
The Palana is a west-flowing river on the west side of the upper Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is 141 kilometres (88 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 2,500 square kilometres (970 sq mi). The town of Palana lies on its right bank, near its mouth.
Jurassic radiolarians have been found near the mouth of the river.
References
- "Река Палана in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
- Kurilov, D. V.; N. A. Bogdanov (July 2001). "The First Finding of Jurassic Radiolarians near the Ust'-Palana River, Western Kamchatka". Doklady Biological Sciences. 379 (1–6). MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC.: 369–374. doi:10.1023/A:1011616616856. ISSN 0012-4966. PMID 12918378.
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