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Nyukzha
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The Nyukzha () is a river in Amur Oblast and Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drainage basin of . There are a number of inhabited places close to the banks of the river, including Ust-Urkima, Lopcha, Chilchi, Ust-Nyukzha, Larba and Yuktali, mostly with a significant Evenk population. A section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline passes along the river valley. The river is a destination for rafting.

Key facts

River.name
Nyukzha
River.image
Юктали сверху (2).jpg
River.image_caption
View of the Nyukzha river at Yuktali
River.source1
Nyukzha RidgeOlyokma Stanovik
River.mouth
Olyokma
River.mouth_location
Near Ust-Nyukzha
River.progression
Olyokma→
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Russia
River.subdivision_type2
Federal subject
River.subdivision_name2
Amur Oblast,Zabaykalsky Krai
River.pushpin_map
Russia Amur Oblast
River.pushpin_map_caption
Mouth location in Amur Oblast, Russia

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The Nyukzha () is a river in Amur Oblast and Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drainage basin of . There are a number of inhabited places close to the banks of the river, including Ust-Urkima, Lopcha, Chilchi, Ust-Nyukzha, Larba and Yuktali, mostly with a significant Evenk population. A section of the Baikal–Amur Mainline passes along the river valley. The river is a destination for rafting.

There are rock paintings of the Early Iron Age by the right bank of the Nyukzha and from its mouth, near the confluence with the Onen river.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nyukzha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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