The Maly Anyuy (russian: Ма́лый Аню́й; ''maly'' meaning "little") is a river in the Kolyma basin in the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admin ...

. Most of the basin of the Maly Anyuy and its tributaries belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative region of

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Geography

The Maly Anyuy flows roughly westwards, south and west of the

Ilirney Range The Ilirney Range (russian: Илирнейский кряж) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the centr ...

, making a wide bend by the

Chuvanay Range The Chuvanay Range (russian: Чуванайские Горы), also known as Chuvan Mountains (Чуванский хребет), is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibin ...

—flowing first northwards and then westwards again at the feet of the

Kyrganay Range The Kyrganay Range (russian: хребет Кырганай or хребет Кыргонай) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Kepervey ...

— in western Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
/ref> Just after crossing into the Sakha Republic, it meets the

Bolshoy Anyuy The Bolshoy Anyuy (russian: Большой Анюй; "Great Anyuy") is a river in the Kolyma basin in Far East Siberia. Administratively most of the basin of the Bolshoy Anyuy and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. ...

, merging with it into a single channel ( Anyuy proper) before meeting the Kolyma close to its delta. Its length is and its basin surface . The El'gygytgyn Meteorite Crater is about from its source. The most important inhabited localities in the Maly Anyuy valley are

Aliskerovo Aliskerovo (russian: Алискерово) is an inhabited locality (an urban-type settlement) in Bilibinsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 1, a reduction from 7 ( 2002 Census); Geography Keperveyem is located just s ...

and

Bilibino Bilibino (russian: Били́бино) is a town and the administrative center of Bilibinsky District in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located northwest of Anadyr, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. It is the second l ...

, on the shores of smaller tributaries.

Fauna

Among the fish found in the Maly Anyuy are different species of

trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', '' Salmo'' and '' Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salm ...

salmon Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhy ...

and '' golets'' (голец), as well as the '' peled''.

References

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Bilibino nuclear plant
Rivers of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Rivers of the Sakha Republic {{Russia-river-stub