The Nyukzha (russian: Нюкжа) is a river in

Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...

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, East Siberia,

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. It is the second largest tributary of the

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river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drainage basin of . There are a number of inhabited places close to the banks of the river, including Ust-Urkima,

Lopcha Lopcha (russian: Лопча) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Lopchinsky Selsoviet of Tyndinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 401 as of 2018. There are 6 streets. Geography Lopcha is located 186 km northwest of Tynda Ty ...

Chilchi Chilchi (russian: Чильчи) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Chilchinsky Selsoviet of Tyndinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 190 as of 2018. There ...

Ust-Nyukzha Ust'Nyukzha (Russian language, Russian:Усть-Нюкжа) is a rural locality (an inhabited locality) located in Tyndinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 573. Geography It is located by the Nyukzha ...

Larba Larba (russian: Ларба) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Larbinsky Selsoviet of Tyndinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 416 as of 2018. There are 6 streets. Geography Larba is located by the Nyukzha river, 136 km nor ...

and

Yuktali Yuktali (russian: Юктали) is a rural locality (a settlement) Yuktalinsky Selsoviet of Tyndinsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,240 as of 2018. There are 28 streets. Geography Yuktali is located on the Nyukzha River, 34 ...

, mostly with a significant Evenk population. A section of the

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by the right bank of the Nyukzha and from its mouth, near the confluence with the Onen river. The name of the river originated in the Evenki word ''"nyukzhach"'', meaning "to wander".Нюкжа - Water of Russia
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The Nyukzha is a right tributary of the Olyokma, of the

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basin. Its source is in

Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. "Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) t ...

, in the northern slope of the Nyukzha ridge, a spur of the Urushin Range, of the

Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands The Olyokma-Stanovik ( rus, Олёкминский Становик; ''Olyokminsky Stanovik'') is a system of mountain ranges in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The western end of the range reaches into Amur Oblast.

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In its upper course through the highlands it flows fast, forming numerous

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. It goes roughly northeastwards leaving the Chernyshev Range on the right through a narrow valley. Then it bends and changes to a northwestward direction. Farther downstream the Nyukzha slows down, divides into arms, and forms

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. Finally it joins the right bank of the Olyokma from this river's mouth in the Lena. The Nyukzha has numerous tributaries and seven of them are over long. The longest one is the long Lopcha (Лопча) from the left. The river freezes in October and stays under ice until late April or early May.

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День оленевода и охотника отпраздновали в селе Усть-Уркима Тындинского района - Evenk celebration on the ice of the Nyukzha riverData on the Fish Species Composition in Nyukzha River (Olekma Tributary) and its Basin
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