Zhuya
Sign in to saveThe Zhuya () is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Chara river in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The area is largely uninhabited, Svetly —a small goldmining place— and Perevoz villages are located by the river bank.
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- River.name
- Zhuya
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- Zhuya ONC D-7.jpg
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- Course of the Zhuya
- River.source1
- Kropotkin Range,Patom Highlands
- River.mouth
- Chara
- River.mouth_location
- Ust-Zhuya
- River.progression
- Chara→ Olyokma→
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- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia
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- Federal subject
- River.subdivision_name2
- Irkutsk Oblast
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- Russia Irkutsk Oblast
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- Mouth location in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Irkutsk Oblast
- Continent
- Asia
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The Zhuya () is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Chara river in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The area is largely uninhabited, Svetly —a small goldmining place— and Perevoz villages are located by the river bank.
==History== The area of the Zhuya river was formerly renowned as part of the "Vitim Goldfields". The mines on the banks of the river were discovered and developed in the 19th century by Irkutsk gold miner K.P. Trapeznikov. There are still gold mining ventures in the Zhuya basin, especially in the area of its tributary, the Vacha.