Poyma (river) explained

Poyma
Source1 Location:Mount Lesozagotovitelnaya
Mouth:Sea of Japan
Mouth Location:Baklan Bay
Mouth Coordinates:42.8269°N 131.3628°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:44km (27miles)
Basin Size:274km2

The Poyma (called Адими Adimi until 1972) is a river in Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .The river rises on the southern slopes of Mount Lesozagotovitelnaya on the border with China (Black Mountains) and flows south, then bends to the southeast, finally emptying into the Baklan Bay of Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan. In its upper reaches the river has characteristics of a mountain stream. Downriver it flows through a swampy area.

Main tributaries: Malaya Poyma, Shkolnaya, Mutnaya.

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