The Taui ( rus, Тауй), also known as Kava ( rus, Кава) part of its course, is a river in

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and

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is adminis ...

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. It has a

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of .1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-8
/ref> The river is a spawning ground for

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and is part of the

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. Its last stretch is navigable.

Course

The Taui river, as the Kava, is formed at an elevation of at the confluence of rivers Rasava and Lozovaya flowing from the Kheidzhan Range,

Upper Kolyma Highlands The Upper Kolyma Highlands ( rus, Верхнеколымское нагорье) is a highland area in Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The biggest town in the highlands is Susuman. There are large deposits of gold, tin and ...

.Taui - Water of Russia
/ref> The Taui flows first southeastwards and then roughly eastwards along the Kava-Taui Plain (Кава-Тауйская равнина), a wide

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.Карта Кава-Тауйская равнина. Фото из космоса
/ref> In its last stretch it enters an area of

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. Finally it flows into the Amakhton Bay, part of the

Taui Bay Taui Bay (Russian: Тауйская губа; ''Tauyskaya Guba'') is a body of water in the Sea of Okhotsk off the coast of the Magadan Oblast in Russia. The bay opens to the south. Geography It is some 130 km (80 mi) wide and 75 km (46 ...

of the

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. Its mouth lies west of the

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lagoon and just southwest of the mouth of the

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The river freezes before mid October and stays frozen until mid May. The Kheidzhan Range separates the Taui basin from the Inya basin to the west. The main tributary of the Taui is the long

Chyolomdzha The Chyolomdzha (russian: Чёломджа; eve, Чаламдя) is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Chyolomdzha is the longest tributary of the Taui (Kava) and flows across an uninhabited area ...

(Чёломджа) that joins it in its lower course from the left.

References

External links

Floating Tours Down The Rivers of Magadan RegionKolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast
Rivers of Magadan Oblast Drainage basins of the Sea of Okhotsk {{Russia-river-stub

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See also

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