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, length = , discharge1_avg = , basin_size = The Palyavaam (russian: Паляваам) is a river 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 admini ...

. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . There is a small populated place in its basin also called Palyavaam. The

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, the East Siberian Grayling,

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Arctic char The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. Its distribution is Circumpolar North. It spawns in freshwater and populatio ...

, are some of the fish species found in its waters.

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It has its source in the

of the

Chukotka Mountains The Chukotka Mountains ( rus, Чукотское нагорье) or Chukotka Upland ''(Чукотская горная страна)'' is a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Chaun close to its outflow into the

, at the

Chaunskaya Bay The Chaunskaya Bay or Chaun Bay (russian: Чаунская губа) is an Arctic bay in the East Siberian Sea, in the Chaunsky District of Chukotka, northeast Siberia. There is Port of Pevek. Geography The bay is open to the north and is 140&n ...

near

Rytkuchi Rytkuchi (russian: Рыткучи; Chukchi: , ''Yrytkuč'yn'', lit. ''shooter'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Chaunsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located southwest of Pevek on the southern shores of Chaunskaya Bay. Esta ...

. The Palyavaam has numerous tributaries. The most important ones are the Elkakvun, Palyarynnat, Karpungveyem, Levtuttyveyem, Kookvyn, Vykvylvegyrgyn and Pekychyn.

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