The Maly Anyuy (; ''maly'' meaning "little") is a river in the

Kolyma Kolyma (, ) or Kolyma Krai () is a historical region in the Russian Far East that includes the basin of Kolyma River and the northern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as the Kolyma Mountains (the watershed of the two). It is bounded to ...

basin in the

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. Most of the basin of the Maly Anyuy and its tributaries belongs to the

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administrative region of

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Geography

The Maly Anyuy flows roughly westwards, south and west of the

Ilirney Range The Ilirney Range () is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the central area of the range. Bilibino is loca ...

, making a wide bend by the Chuvanay Range —flowing first northwards and then westwards again at the feet of the

Kyrganay Range The Kyrganay Range ( or хребет Кыргонай) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Keperveyem is located at the feet of the rang ...

— in western

. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
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, it meets the

Bolshoy Anyuy The Bolshoy Anyuy (; "Great Anyuy") is a river in the Kolyma (river), Kolyma basin in Far East Siberia. Administratively most of the basin of the Bolshoy Anyuy and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. Geography It flo ...

, merging with it into a single channel ( Anyuy proper) before meeting the Kolyma close to its delta. Its length is and its basin surface . The El'gygytgyn Meteorite Crater is about from its source. The most important inhabited localities in the Maly Anyuy valley are

Aliskerovo Aliskerovo () is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 1, a reduction from 7 ( 2002 Census); Geography Keperveyem is located just southeast of Bilibino, west of ...

and

Bilibino Bilibino () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Bilibinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located northwest of Anadyr (town), Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomo ...

, on the shores of smaller tributaries.

Fauna

Among the fish found in the Maly Anyuy are different species of

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and '' golets'' (голец), as well as the ''

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''.

References

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Bilibino nuclear plant
Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Rivers of the Sakha Republic {{FarEast-Russia-river-stub