The Muna () is a river in

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. It is a left

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of the lower reaches of the

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Course

The river begins a little to the north of the

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at the confluence of the small rivers Orto-Muna and Ulakhan-Muna in the northeastern slopes of the

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at an elevation of . It flows roughly eastwards in a deep valley and, after leaving the mountainous region it meanders across the

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among almost 2,500 lakes, nearly parallel to the Motorchuna to the north. The river broadens in the plain, reaching a width of when it meets the left bank of the lower course of the Lena from its mouth, a little to the north of the mouth of the

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The Muna freezes between the end of November and the beginning of December and remains under ice until the end of April or the beginning of May. From the end of May to June it flows at a high level, flooding sometimes in the summer. The area of the river basin is uninhabited. The mouth of the river is in the

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Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Muna are the long Munakan and the long Khakhchan on the right and the long Severnaya on the left.

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Fishing on the Muna river

Geography - Yakutia Organized
Rivers of the Sakha Republic Central Yakutian Lowland Tributaries of the Lena

Course

Tributaries

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