The Mayn ( Russian : Майн ; Chukot : Мэйнывээм , meaning "The Great River") is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ( Magadan Oblast ) in Russia , one of the major tributaries of the Anadyr . The length of the river is 475 kilometres (295 mi). The area of is drainage basin is 32,800 square kilometres (12,700 sq mi).
4-746: It flows roughly northwards from its source in the small Maynskoe Lake, located in the northern part of the Parapol Valley, in the Penzhinsky Range of the Koryak Highlands . The river passes then through sparsely populated areas of the forest-tundra subzones of Chukotka. Finally it joins the right bank of the Anadyr. The Mayn meets the Anadyr at Ust-Mayn in the mid-lower stretch of its course, in an area of wetlands and small lakes, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) further upstream from
8-785: A small part in Magadan Oblast . The highest point in the system is the 2,562-metre high (8,406 ft) Mount Ledyanaya , located in the Ukelayat Range , in the central part of the mountains. The Koryak Mountains rise south of the Anadyr River , and northeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula . The Koryak Highlands are one of the largest glacial systems in the northern part of the Russian Far East. There are numerous glaciers and ice fields in some of
12-1083: The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The vegetation of the river basin includes mosses, lichens, dwarf shrubs, and sedge. The chum salmon and the sockeye salmon are common in the waters of the Mayn. This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Koryak Highlands The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands ( Russian : Корякское нагорье ) are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia , Russia , located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai , with
16-473: The confluence of the Anadyr and the Belaya . All these rivers are frozen for about eight to nine months in a year between mid-October and the end of May. There were ancient settlements in the Mayn basin. In present times Vayegi town lies in the Mayn's middle course and Ust-Mayn village at the confluence of the rivers Mayn and Anadyr. Administratively the whole basin of the Mayn and its tributaries belong to
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