The Maya (; , ''Maaya'') is a
river
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in
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative centre of the krai is the types of ...
and
Sakha,
Russia
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. It is a right
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''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 into which they ...
of the
Aldan of the
Lena basin. The length of the river is . The area of its basin .
The Maya was part of the river route from Yakutsk to the
Okhotsk Coast. From the
Mati either the Lama Portage or the Alanchak Portage led to the
Ulya and the coast. Near the southernmost point was the settlement of Nelkan from which a track led over the mountains to
Ayan. From Ust-Maya there was a horse-track to Yakutsk. Eastbound boats that reached Ust-Maya from the Lena were replaced by smaller boats to continue up the Maya.
Course
Its course is approximately V-shaped. The upper Maya runs about southwest parallel to the coast between the
Dzhugdzhur mountains and the
Yudoma Plateau. About from its source the long
Mati river joins its right bank from the south. The Maya flows west for perhaps and receives the Maimakan River from the southwest. From here the river flows basically north about , receives the
Yudoma from the east and joins the
Aldan at
Ust-Maya
Ust-Maya (; , ''Uus Maaya'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, southeast of Yakutsk, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its pop ...
.
The Maya freezes up in late October and stays under the ice until May. The river is navigable up to upstream from its mouth. The
Yudoma-Maya Highlands are located in the basin of the Maya.
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Tributaries
The long
Yudoma from the right is one of the biggest tributaries of the Maya. Other important tributaries are the long
Maymakan, the long
Batomga and the long
Severny Uy from the left, as well as the long
Ingili from 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 ...
* Yudoma-Maya Highlands
References
External links
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Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai
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