
The Vyya (russian: Выя) is a river in
Pinezhsky and
Verkhnetoyemsky Districts of
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...
in
Russia. It is a left
tributary of the
Pinega. The length of the river is . The area of its basin . Its main tributaries are the
Churova (right),
Pyshega (left), and
Tineva (left).
The Vyya flows over the hilly landscape of the plain between the valleys of the
Northern Dvina and the Pinega, in the
conifer
Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...
forests.
The source of the Vyya is located in the southern part of Pinezhsky District. The Vyya initially flows to the south and enters Verkhnetoyemsky District. The upper Vyya is not populated. The first village on Vyya is Vasilevo. Downstream of Vasilevo, the Vyya accepts the right tributary the Churova and turns north-east, then east. In the village of Tineva it accepts Tineva River, a major left tributary. Downstream of Tineva, a number of villages are located in the valley of the Vyya. The mouth of the Vyya is located in the village of
Ust-Vyyskaya in Verkhnetoyemsky District, upstream from the mouth of the Pinega.
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*{{cite web, url=http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=160994, script-title=ru:Река Выя, publisher=State Water Register of Russia, language=Russian, accessdate=1 June 2011
Rivers of Arkhangelsk Oblast