The Mayn (; , meaning "The Great River") is a river in
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
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(
Magadan Oblast
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) in
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, one of the major tributaries of the
Anadyr Anadyr may refer to:
*Anadyr (town), a town and the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
* Anadyr District
* Anadyr Estuary
* Anadyr (river), a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
* Anadyr Highlands
* Anadyr Lowlands
* A ...
. The length of the river is . The area of is
drainage basin
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is .
Course
It flows roughly northwards from its source in the small Maynskoe Lake, located in the northern part of the Parapol Valley, in the
Penzhinsky Range
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of the
Koryak Highlands
The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands () are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast. The highest point in the system is the Mo ...
. The river passes then through sparsely populated areas of the forest-tundra subzones of Chukotka. Finally it joins the right bank of the Anadyr.
The Mayn meets the Anadyr at Ust-Mayn in the mid-lower stretch of its course, in an area of wetlands and small lakes, about further upstream from the confluence of the Anadyr and the
Belaya. All these rivers are frozen for about eight to nine months in a year between mid-October and the end of May.
There were ancient settlements in the Mayn basin. In present times
Vayegi
Vayegi (; , ''Vaargyn''; Koryak: Ваевви, ''Vaevvi'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located near the border with Kamchatka Krai, on the banks of the river Mayn, southwest of Ana ...
town lies in the Mayn's middle course and
Ust-Mayn village at the confluence of the rivers Mayn and Anadyr.
Ancient settlements in the Main River basin
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Administratively the whole basin of the Mayn and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Flora and fauna
The vegetation of the river basin includes mosses, lichens, dwarf shrubs, and sedge.
The chum salmon
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and the sockeye salmon
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are common in the waters of the Mayn.
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
Chukchi People
Salmon
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Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Koryak Mountains
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