Muya | |
Other Name: | Муя |
Source1: | Northern Muya Range |
Source1 Coordinates: | 55.8256°N 112.5808°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 1700m (5,600feet) |
Mouth: | Vitim |
Mouth Elevation: | 467m (1,532feet) |
Mouth Location: | Ust-Muya |
Mouth Coordinates: | 56.4047°N 115.6723°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
Subdivision Type2: | Republic |
Subdivision Name2: | Buryatia |
Length: | 365km (227miles) |
Basin Size: | 11900km2 |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Buryatia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Buryatia, Russia |
The Muya (Russian: Муя) is a left tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. 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, with the village of Ust-Muya located where the river flows into the Vitim, nearly opposite from the mouth of the Kuanda in the facing bank.[1] The Muya is navigable for small craft from the Vitim around 70km (40miles) to Taksimo.
The Muya has lent its name to a number of other geographic features, including the Northern Muya Range, the Southern Muya Range, the Muya-Kuanda Depression, as well as the local Muya District.
The longest tributary of the Muya is the long Muyakan on the left.