Muya River

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Location of the Muja in the catchment of Vitim

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The Muja (Russian Муя ) is a 365 km long left tributary of the Vitim in eastern Siberia (Russia, Asia).

Course

The Muja rises in about 1700 meters above sea level on the southern flank of here nearly 2500 m high Northern Mujagebirges ( Seweromuisker Mountains), which, like the whole traversed by the river basin belongs to the system of Stanowoihochlandes. It flows in a northeasterly direction mainly by an initially wide, forested valley, which separates from the Mujakangebirge Southern Mujagebirges ( Juschnomuisker Mountains) from Northern Mujagebirge or in the middle reaches. The latter forms the watershed between the Muja and her significant, left tributary Mujakan. Above the mouth of the valley of the Muja is narrower than the upper reaches.

The Muja reached the relatively flat Muja - Kuanda Valley, one in west-east direction for about 100 kilometers in north-south direction about 50 kilometers, extending Valley and flows through these to the mouth of the Lena Creek Vitim the village Ust- Muja (also Tolmatschewski ) in 467 m height. Biggest and next Ust- Muja single spot on the river is Taksimo.

The Muja was eponymous for a number of geographical objects, so the mentioned mountains, but also through by her throughout the history management unit, the Rajon Muiski ( Muja - Raion ) of the Autonomous Republic of Buryatia.

Hydrographic

The catchment area of ​​11,900 km ² comprises Muja. In estuaries near the river reaches a width of about 200 meters at a depth of 2 meters; The flow rate is 0.8 m / s

The Drainage of Taksimo, 72 km above the mouth, is an annual average of 113 m³ / s at a minimum of 19.9 m³ / s in March and a maximum of 344 m³ / s in June.

Infrastructure and economy

The Muja is navigable for 70 miles of Taksimo to the mouth for smaller vehicles.

The river is rich in trout fishing, as Taimen ( Hucho taimen ), Arctic grayling ( Thymallus arcticus ), Tugun (Coregonus tugun ) and other Maränenarten.

The through by the Muja in the upper and middle reaches area is virtually uninhabited. Below the confluence of the Mujakan crossing the Baikal - Amur Mainline (BAM ) and the railway line following the river road proceed about 20 miles to Taksimo on the right side near him.

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