Muya (river)

River in Buryatia, Russia

55°49′32″N 112°34′51″E / 55.82556°N 112.58083°E / 55.82556; 112.58083 • elevation1,700 m (5,600 ft) MouthVitim

• 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)Length365 km (227 mi)Basin size11,900 km² (4,600 sq mi)Basin featuresProgressionVitim→ 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

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

References

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