Tuya River

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The Tuya River is a right tributary of the Stikine River in northwestern British Columbia.

The Tuya rises in the Tuya Range, a mountain range in the west of the Cassiar Mountains. It flows through the beginning of the two lakes High Tuya Lake and Tuya Lake. The river continues its course in a southerly direction continuing through the Stikine Plateau. In the lower reaches it takes its main tributary, the Little Tuya River, on right. Finally, the Tuya River flows 25 km north-east of Telegraph Creek in the flowing westward Stikine River. The Tuya River has a length of about 170 km. It drains an area of ​​about 3550 km ². The average discharge is 37 m³ / s