The Nyukzha (russian: Нюкжа) is a river in

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. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drainage basin of . There are a number of inhabited places close to the banks of the river, including

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, Lopcha, Chilchi, Ust-Nyukzha, Larba and Yuktali, mostly with a significant Evenk population. A section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline passes along the river valley.Город Тында - Tynda.ru
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by the right bank of the Nyukzha and from its mouth, near the confluence with the Onen river. The name of the river originated in the Evenki word ''"nyukzhach"'', meaning "to wander".Нюкжа - Water of Russia
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The Nyukzha is a right tributary of the Olyokma, of the

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basin. Its source is in

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, in the northern slope of the Nyukzha ridge, a spur of the Urushin Range, of the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands. Google Earth In its upper course through the highlands it flows fast, forming numerous

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. It goes roughly northeastwards leaving the

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on the right through a narrow valley. Then it bends and changes to a northwestward direction. Farther downstream the Nyukzha slows down, divides into arms, and forms

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. Finally it joins the right bank of the Olyokma from this river's mouth in the Lena. The Nyukzha has numerous tributaries and seven of them are over long. The longest one is the long Lopcha (Лопча) from the left. The river freezes in October and stays under ice until late April or early May.

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День оленевода и охотника отпраздновали в селе Усть-Уркима Тындинского района - Evenk celebration on the ice of the Nyukzha riverData on the Fish Species Composition in Nyukzha River (Olekma Tributary) and its Basin
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