Mayn: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox river

| name = Mayn<br><small>Майн</small>

| native_name ={{native name|ckt|Мэйнывээм}}

| name_etymology = "Great River"

| image = Anadyr.png

| image_caption = The Mayn in the Anadyr River Basin

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = [[Russia]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[Federal subject]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]]

| subdivision_type3 =

| subdivision_name3 =

| subdivision_type4 =

| subdivision_name4 =

| subdivision_type5 = Inhabited places

| subdivision_name5 = [[Vayegi]], [[Ust-Mayn]]

| source1_location = [[Koryak Highlands]]

| source1_elevation = {{convert|240|m|}}

| mouth = [[Anadyr (river)|Anadyr]]

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|9|m|}}

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|65.1206|N|172.2389|E|source:wikidata|display=it}}

| progression = {{RAnadyr}}

| length = {{convert|475|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size = {{convert|32800|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}

| pushpin_map =Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]]

}}

The '''Mayn''' ({{lang-ru|Майн}}; {{lang-ckt|Мэйнывээм}}, meaning "The Great River") is a river in [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]] ([[Magadan Oblast]]) in [[Russia]], one of the major tributaries of the [[Anadyr (river)|Anadyr]]. The length of the river is {{convert|475|km|mi}}. The area of is [[drainage basin]] is {{convert|32800|km2|mi2}}.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|275543|Река Майн}}</ref>

==Course==

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 {{convert|65|km|mi}} further upstream from the confluence of the Anadyr and the [[Belaya (Chukotka)|Belaya]]. All these rivers are frozen for about eight to nine months in a year between mid-October and the end of May.<ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article072659.html Майн (река в Магаданской обл.)], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref>

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. <ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/277678 Ancient settlements in the Main River basin]</ref>

Administratively the whole basin of the Mayn and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

==Flora and fauna==

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.

==See also==

*[[List of rivers of Russia]]

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018001037/http://wildsalmoncenter.org/pops/AnadyrRiver.php Salmon]

* {{cite web|url= http://assets.panda.org/downloads/chukotka_brochure.pdf |title=Tourism and environment }}&nbsp;{{small|(571&nbsp;KB)}}

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