| Synya | |
| Other Name: | Сыня |
| Source1: | Polar Urals |
| Source1 Elevation: | 53m (174feet) |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 65.4711°N 63.23°W |
| Mouth: | Ob |
| Mouth Location: | Malaya Ob |
| Mouth Elevation: | 5m (16feet) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 66.2153°N 64.8208°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
| Length: | 217km (135miles) (304km (189miles)) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 96m3/s (88km (55miles) from the mouth) |
| Basin Size: | 13500km2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
The Synya (Russian: Сыня) is a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The river is long —304km (189miles) from the source of the Mokraya Synya at its head— and has a catchment area of .
The Synya flows across the Shuryshkarsky District. It is navigable for, between its mouth in the Ob and Ovgort village.
The Synya is a left tributary of the Ob river. It has its sources at the confluence of the 20km (10miles) long Sukhaya Synya and the 87km (54miles) long Mokraya Synya, which flow from the eastern slopes of the Polar Urals. The river flows initially southwards, then bends and flows eastwards, within a wide floodplain located at the northwestern end of the West Siberian Plain. Finally it meets the left bank of the Malaya Ob, an arm of the Ob, about 488km (303miles) from its mouth.[1] [2]
The main tributaries of the Synya are the 178km (111miles) long Lesmiyogan (Лесмиёган), the 163km (101miles) long Nesyogan (Несъёган) and the 178km (111miles) long Bolshoy Tukshin (Большой Тукшин) from the right. The river is fed predominantly by snow and is frozen between October and May.[1] [3]
The main fish species in the river are omul, peled, broad whitefish, sig, and tugun.[3]
