The Bambuyka (russian: Бамбуйка) is a river in
Buryatia
Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...
, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The only inhabited place in the area is
Bambuyka,
Muysky District
Muysky District (russian: Му́йский райо́н; bua, Муяын аймаг, ''Muyayn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It ...
, a small hamlet located close to the mouth of the river.
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Course
The Bambuyka is a left tributary of the
Vitim
Vitim (russian: Витим) 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 r ...
. Its sources are in a small lake close to the southwestern slope of
Muisky Gigant
Muisky Gigant (russian: Муйский Гигант) is a mountain in the Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. Administratively it is located in Buryatia, Russian Federation. Google Earth
Following four failed attempts to climb the p ...
, the highest peak of the
Southern Muya Range
The Southern Muya Range (russian: Южно-Муйский хребе́т, translit=Yuzhno-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p= ...
. The river flows first in a SSE direction across mountainous terrain.
It bends east close to the east of a sharp bend of the
Tsipa
The Tsipa (russian: Ципа) is the largest tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640.
Perch, pike, lenok, grayling, taimen and whit ...
and flows roughly in an eastward direction. Then it bends again and flows southeastwards. In its lower course it bends gradually,
meandering
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank w ...
northeastwards in a
floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
, until it finally meets the left bank of the Vitim from its mouth in the
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
.
Tributaries
The longest tributaries of the Bambuyka are the long
Bambukoy on the left, as well as the long Pashkov-Klyuch and the long Golyube on the right.
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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 into ...
References
External links
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Rivers of Buryatia
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