The Matta (russian: Матта; sah, Маатта) is a river in the
Sakha Republic
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,
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
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of the
Sinyaya
lv, Zilupe be, Сінюха
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, image_caption = Zilupe (Sinyaya) near Zilupe, Latvia
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, m ...
. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
Course
The river begins in the southern area of the
Lena Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...
. It flows roughly northeastwards across
Gorny District
Gorny District (russian: Го́рный улу́с; sah, Горнай улууһа, ''Gornay uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of ...
and there are about 300 lakes in its basin. The town of
Berdigestyakh
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,
Gorny District
Gorny District (russian: Го́рный улу́с; sah, Горнай улууһа, ''Gornay uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of ...
, is located by the river. The Matta meets the left bank of the Sinyaya, a tributary of the
Lena
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, upstream from its mouth.
[''Matta'' // ]Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-197 There is also a reservoir on the river that is named after it.
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The main tributary of the Matta is the long Dugda on the left.
See also
*
List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
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Geography - Yakutia Organized Rivers of the Sakha Republic