The Matta (russian: Матта; sah, Маатта) is a river in the
Sakha Republic
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...
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Russia. It is a left
tributary of the
Sinyaya. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Course
The river begins in the southern area of the
Lena Plateau. It flows roughly northeastwards across
Gorny District and there are about 300 lakes in its basin. The town of
Berdigestyakh
Berdigestyakh (russian: Бердигестях; sah, Бэрдьигэстээх, ''Bercigesteex'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') and the administrative center of Gorny District in the Sak ...
,
Gorny District, is located by the river. The Matta meets the left bank of the Sinyaya, a tributary of the
Lena, upstream from its mouth.
[''Matta'' // Great Soviet Encyclopedia, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-197] There is also a reservoir on the river that is named after it.
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The main tributary of the Matta is the long Dugda on the left.
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
References
External links
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Geography - Yakutia Organized Rivers of the Sakha Republic