Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Russian Far East, Far East region of the country, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Magadan ...
,
Russian Far East
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. It is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
The
R504 Kolyma Highway
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passes just west of the sources of the Yama.Floating Tours Down The Rivers of Magadan Region /ref> The name of the river is probably of Koryak origin.
Course
The Yama has its source in the southwestern slopes of the
Maymandzhin Range
The Maymandzhin Range () is a mountain range in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Google EarthAtka and not far from the sources of north-heading
Maltan
The Maltan () is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Maltan is the longest tributary of the Bakhapcha, of the Kolyma basin.
The river flows across an uninhabited area, the nearest village is Sineg ...
. It flows in a roughly southeastern direction along its entire course. The last stretch of the Yama is in a marshy coastal area where it divides into multiple sleeves and where there are many small
thermokarst lake
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s on the right bank. Finally it flows by Yamsk village into the Perevolochny estuary, separated by a landspit from Yam Bay, at the southwest end of the
Shelikhov Gulf
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It is located in the northeastern corner of the Sea of Okhotsk and branches into two main arms, Gizhigi ...
,
Sea of Okhotsk
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.
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Яма
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A.M. Prokhorov
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– 3rd ed. – M, 1969-1978.
The main tributaries of the Yama are the long Tob, the long Alut and the long Khalanchiga from the right.
Flora and fauna
'' Salix arbutifolia'' (syn. ''Chosenia arbutifolia'') trees grow in the Yama
floodplain
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by the banks of the river.
The Yama river is a spawning ground for
salmon
Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...
species, including
chum salmon
The chum salmon (''Oncorhynchus keta''), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus ''Oncorhynchus'' (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic ...
,
pink salmon
Pink salmon or humpback salmon (''Oncorhynchus gorbuscha'') is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus ''Oncorhynchus'' (Pacific salmon), and is the smallest and most abundant of t ...
and
coho salmon
The coho salmon (''Oncorhynchus kisutch;'' Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family (biology), family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon (or "silvers") and is often ...
.
Arctic char
The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes, as well as Arctic and subarctic coastal waters in the Holarctic realm, Holarctic.
Distribution and habitat
It Spaw ...
In the fishing simulator game Russian Fishing 4, Yama river is a major fishing map for
spin fishing
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.
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
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