Muya (river)

River in Buryatia, Russia

Muya

Муя

Last stretch of the Muya and mouth in the Vitim Sentinel-2 image.

Mouth location in Buryatia, Russia

Location
Country| Russia
Republic| Buryatia
Physical characteristics
Source| Northern Muya Range
• coordinates| 55°49′32″N 112°34′51″E﻿ / ﻿55.82556°N 112.58083°E﻿ / 55.82556; 112.58083
• elevation| 1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Mouth| Vitim

• location

| Ust-Muya

• coordinates

| 56°24′17″N 115°40′20″E﻿ / ﻿56.4047°N 115.6723°E﻿ / 56.4047; 115.6723

• elevation

| 467 m (1,532 ft)
Length| 365 km (227 mi)
Basin size| 11,900 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression| Vitim→ Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Muya (Russian: Муя) is a left tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is 365 kilometres (227 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 11,900 square kilometres (4,600 sq mi).[1]

The area through which the river flows is sparsely populated, the only settlement on the river being Taksimo, with the village of Ust-Muya located where the river flows into the Vitim, nearly opposite from the mouth of the Kuanda in the facing bank.[2] The Muya is navigable for small craft from the Vitim around 70 kilometres (43 mi) to Taksimo.

The Muya has lent its name to a number of other geographic features, including the Northern Muya Range, the Southern Muya Range, the Muya-Kuanda Depression, as well as the local Muya District.

## Tributaries[edit]

The longest tributary of the Muya is the 180 kilometres (110 mi) long Muyakan on the left.[1]

Basin of the Vitim

## See also[edit]

* List of rivers of Russia

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Река Муя in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
2. ^ Kropotkin, Prince P (1904). "The Orography of Asia". The Geographical Journal. 23: 177.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Muya (river) at Wikimedia Commons

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