Muna River (Lena)

The Muna (russian: Муна) is a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a left tributary of the lower reaches of the Lena and has a length of .Russian State Water Register - Muna River
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Course

The river begins a little to the north of the Polar Circle at the confluence of the small rivers Orto-Muna and Ulakhan-Muna in the northeastern slopes of the Central Siberian Plateau at an elevation of . It flows roughly eastwards in a deep valley and, after leaving the mountainous region it meanders across the Central Yakutian Lowland among almost 2,500 lakes, almost parallel to the Motorchuna to the north. The river broadens in the plain, reaching a width of when it meets the left bank of the lower course of the Lena.Google Earth

The Muna freezes between the end of November and the beginning of December and remains under ice until the end of April or the beginning of May. From the end of May to June it flows at a high level, flooding sometimes in the summer. The area of the river basin is uninhabited. The mouth of the river is in the Zhigansky District.''Muna'' // Great Soviet Encyclopedia, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-197

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Muna are the long Munakan and the long Khakhchan on the right and the long Severnaya on the left.

See also

* List of rivers of Russia

References

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External links

Fishing on the Muna river

Geography - Yakutia Organized
Rivers of the Sakha Republic
Central Yakutian Lowland
Tributaries of the Lena