The Chaya (russian: Чая) is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of the
Ob river
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The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins i ...
in
Russia
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.
The river is long and has a catchment area of .
Course
The Chaya is formed by the confluence of the long
Parbig
Parbig () is a river in Tomsk Oblast, Russia. It gives origin to the Chaya river.
Course
It has its sources in the Vasyugan Swamp. It flows roughly in a northeastern direction across Bakcharsky district into Chainsky district
Chainsky Distric ...
and the long
Bakchar rivers. It flows in a roughly northern or northeastern direction along its course. Finally it meets the left bank of the Ob from the Ob's mouth. The basin of the river is located in the
Chainsky and
Kolpashevsky districts of
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative ...
.
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Chaya are the long
Nyursa (Нюрса) on the left, as well as the long
Iksa
Iksa (russian: Икса) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Plesetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, f ...
(Икса) on the right.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
Rivers of Tomsk Oblast
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