The Bolshaya Synya (russian: Большая Сыня;
Komi: Ыджыд Сыняю), also known simply as Synya , is a river in the
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of th ...
,
Russia
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. The river is long — from the source of the Voyvozh-Synya at its head— and has a catchment area of .
The
Synya Formation, a
Middle Triassic
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geological formation
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, is named after the Bolshaya Synya river.
Palynological asemblage of the Synya Formation (Middle Triassic) from outcrops at the Kydz'rasyu River, Bol’shaya Synya Depression, the Timan-Northern Urals region
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The Synya flows across the Pechora
Pechora (russian: Печо́ра; kv, Печӧра, ''Pećöra'') is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is . Population:
History
Pechora was ...
Municipal District. The Pechora Railway crosses the river near Synya village. Part of the river basin falls within the limits of the Yugyd Va National Park, a protected area.[ Google Earth]
Course
The Synya is a left tributary
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of the Usa
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, one of the main tributaries of the Pechora
Pechora (russian: Печо́ра; kv, Печӧра, ''Pećöra'') is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia, located on the Pechora River, west of and near the northern Ural Mountains. The area of the town is . Population:
History
Pechora was ...
. It has its sources in the western slopes of the Subpolar Urals. The river heads in a roughly NNW direction as a mountain river in its upper reaches. In its middle and lower course its channel divides into branches as it flows within a wooded, swampy plain. In its last stretch there are many lakes in the plain to the west of the river. Finally the Bolshaya Synya meets the left bank of the Usa about from its mouth.
Tributaries
The main tributary of the Synya is the long Malaya Synya (Малая Сыня) from the right. The river is frozen between October and May.[
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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 drain ...
References
External links
Исток р. Большая Сыня. Слияние р. Лунвож-Сыня и р. Войвож-Сыня.
Rivers of the Komi Republic
Pechora basin
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