The Inya (russian: Иня́, ) is a river in

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and

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. It is a right tributary of the Ob. It is long, with a

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of . By the Inya lie the towns of Leninsk-Kuznetsky and

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The river flows through a rather densely populated area, and is crossed by several railway lines.

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The Inya has its sources in a ridge in the central part of the

Kuznetsk Basin The Kuznetsk Basin (russian: Кузнецкий угольный бассейн, Кузбасс; often abbreviated as Kuzbass or Kuzbas) in southwestern Siberia, Russia, is one of the largest coal mining areas in Russia, covering an area of aroun ...

, and flows through Kemerovo Olast in a mainly westerly direction, then enters Novosibirsk Oblast and finally joins the Ob, just southeast of downtown

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. At the village of Beryosovka, some from its mouth, the river's average discharge is . The minimum discharge in February is , and the maximum is in May at . Near the mouth the river is some wide and deep. Its main tributaries are the Kasma, Ur and Bachat. The river freezes over in the beginning of November, and stays frozen till the spring thaw starts in mid-April.

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