The Bambuyka () is a river in
Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. To its nort ...
, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
of .
The only inhabited place in the area is
Bambuyka
The Bambuyka () is a river in Buryatia, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The only inhabited place in the area is Bambuyka, Muysky District, a small hamlet located close to the mouth of the river.Googl ...
,
Muysky District
Muysky District (; , ''Muyayn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the dist ...
, a small hamlet located close to the mouth of the river.
Google Earth
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Course
The Bambuyka is a left tributary of the
Vitim
Vitim () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
* Vitim, Sakha Republic, an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lensky District of the Sakha Republic
* Vitim, Republic of Buryatia, a rural locality (a ...
. Its sources are in a small lake close to the southwestern slope of
Muisky Gigant
Muisky Gigant () is a mountain in the Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. Administratively it is located in Buryatia, Russian Federation.Google Earth
Following four failed attempts to climb the peak, the first ascent of Muysky Gigan ...
, the highest peak of the
Southern Muya Range
The Southern Muya Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant; another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman. Google Earth ...
. The river flows first in a SSE direction across mountainous terrain.
It bends east close to the east of a sharp bend of the
Tsipa
The Tsipa () is the largest tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640.
Perch, pike, lenok, grayling, taimen and whitefish are also ...
and flows roughly in an eastward direction. Then it bends again and flows southeastwards. In its lower course it bends gradually,
meandering
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank or river cliff) and deposits sediments on an inn ...
northeastwards in a
floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high Discharge (hydrolog ...
, until it finally meets the left bank of the Vitim from its mouth in the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
.
Tributaries
The longest tributaries of the Bambuyka are the long
Bambukoy on the left, as well as the long Pashkov-Klyuch and the long Golyube on the right.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained i ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Buryatia
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