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Key facts
- Native name
- Зея ( Russian )
- Country
- Russia
- Federal subject
- Amur Oblast
- Source
- Toko-Stanovik
- Mouth
- Amur
- Length
- 1,242 km (772 mi)
- Basin size
- 233,000 km (90,000 mi )
- Location
- Blagoveshchensk
- Average
- 1,810 m /s (64,000 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 1.5 m /s (53 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 14,200 m /s (500,000 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Amur → Sea of Okhotsk
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Zeya (Russian: Зе́я; from indigenous Evenki word "djee" (blade); Chinese: 结雅; Manchu: ᠵᡳᠩᡴᡳᡵᡳ ᠪᡳᡵᠠ, Mölendroff: jingkiri bira) is a northern, left tributary of the Amur in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is 1,242 km (772 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 233,000 km (90,000 sq mi). The average flow of the river is 1,810 m/s (64,000 cu ft/s).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zeya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.