The Myla (russian: Мыла) is a river in

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(Sakha Republic),

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. It is a tributary of the

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with a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Myla is one of the largest rivers of

Megino-Kangalassky District Megino-Kangalassky District (russian: Ме́гино-Кангала́сский улу́с; sah, Мэҥэ-Хаҥалас улууһа, ''Menge Khangalas uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and munici ...

. The villages of

Khocho Khocho (russian: Хочо; sah, Хочо, ''Xoço'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Nakharinsky 2-y Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, locat ...

, Tympai, Olyongnekh-Sayylyk and

Khaptagay Khaptagay ( rus, Хаптагай; sah, Хаптаҕай, ''Xaptağay'', lit. ''flat'') is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Khaptagaysky Rural Okrug of Megino-Kangalassky District in the ...

are located near the river.

Course

The Myla is a right

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of the Lena. It is formed near

village in a

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area with numerous small lakes. The river heads in a roughly northwestern direction, between the

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to the south and the Suola to the north across

. In the upper course there are stretches where it flows across lakes and parts where it may dry up in certain years. After flowing across the Lena

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, the Myla meets the Khaptagay arm of the right bank of the Lena from its source near the village of

, south of

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The largest tributary of the Myla is the long Bez Nazvaniya (без названия) from the right. The river freezes between October and May.

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{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of the Sakha Republic

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