The Muya (russian: Муя) is a left tributary of the
Vitim
Vitim (russian: Витим) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
*Vitim, Sakha Republic, an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Lensky District of the Sakha Republic
* Vitim, Republic of Buryatia, a ...
in
Buryatia,
Russia
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. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .
The area through which the river flows is sparsely populated, the only settlement on the river being
Taksimo
Taksimo (russian: Таксимо́; Buryat and mn, Таксимо, ''Taksimo'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Muysky District of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located on the Muya River on ...
, with the small village of Ust-Muya located where the river flows into the Vitim.
The Muya is navigable for small craft from the Vitim around to Taksimo.
The Muya has lent its name to a number of other geographic features, including the
Northern Muya Range
The Northern Muya Range (russian: Се́веро-Му́йский хребе́т, translit=Severo-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. Google Earth
The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) railway traver ...
, the
Southern Muya Range
The Southern Muya Range (russian: Южно-Муйский хребе́т, translit=Yuzhno-Muyskiy khrebet) is a mountain range in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, part of the Stanovoy Highlands. The highest point of the range is 3,067 m high ...
, as well as the local
Muya District
Muysky District (russian: Му́йский райо́н; bua, Муяын аймаг, ''Muyayn aimag'') is an administrativeResolution #431 and municipalLaw #985-III district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. It ...
.
See also
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List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European Russia, European and an North Asia, Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. Th ...
References
Rivers of Buryatia
Stanovoy Highlands
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