Maymakan
river in Russia
The Maymakan (Russian: Маймакан) is a river in Ayano-Maysky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. With a length of 421 km (262 mi), it is the second longest tributary of the Maya. Its drainage basin 18,900 square kilometres (7,300 mi2).
The area of the Maymakan has been traditionally inhabited by Evens. The river flows across mostly desolate territory.
Course
The Maymakan originates in the southwestern sector of the Dzhugdzhur mountains. It heads roughly northeastwards as a mountain river, flowing tumultuously with rapids and riffles through rocky gorges. About two thirds down its course it bends slightly and flows northwards, meandering in the floodplain in its lower course.
Finally it flows into the left bank of the Maya 479 km (298 mi) from its mouth in the Aldan. The river is fed by snow and rain.
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