The Muya () is a left tributary of the
Vitim
Vitim () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
* Vitim, Sakha Republic, an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lensky District of the Sakha Republic
* Vitim, Republic of Buryatia, a rural locality (a ...
in
Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. To its nort ...
,
Russia
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. It is long and has a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
of .
The area through which the river flows is sparsely populated, the only settlement on the river being
Taksimo
Taksimo (; Buryat and , ''Taksimo'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Muysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Muya River on the Muysk Plateau in the far northeast of th ...
, with the village of
Ust-Muya located where the river flows into the Vitim, nearly opposite from the mouth of the
Kuanda
The Kuanda (), also known as Konda, is a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The river flows across sparsely inhabited areas of the Kalarsky District.Google Earth
Course
The Ku ...
in the facing bank.
The Muya is navigable for small craft from the Vitim around to Taksimo.
The Muya has lent its name to a number of other geographic features, including the
Northern Muya Range
The Northern Muya Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands.Google Earth
The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway traverses the southern end of the mountain range via the Severomuysky Tunnel.
Geography
The N ...
, the
Southern Muya Range
The Southern Muya Range () is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high Muisky Gigant; another important peak is 2363 m high Mount Shaman. Google Earth ...
, the Muya-Kuanda Depression, as well as the local
Muya District.
Tributaries
The longest tributary of the Muya is the long Muyakan on the left.
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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 ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Buryatia
Stanovoy Highlands
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