Zeya River

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Zeya River (Зея)
Map of the Amur river drainage basin with the Zeya river highlighted
Country	Russia
Length	1,242 km (772 mi)
Watershed	233,000 km² (89,962 sq mi)
Discharge at	Blagoveshchensk [1]
- average	1,800 m³/s (63,566 cu ft/s)
- maximum	14,200 m³/s (501,468 cu ft/s)
- minimum	1.5 m³/s (53 cu ft/s)
Source
- location	Tokiysky Stanovik, Amur Oblast
Mouth
- location	Amur river

Zeya River (Russian: Зе́я; Manchu: Jingkiri bira, also Latinized as Zeja River), 1,242 km long, is a southern tributary of the Amur River. It rises in the Tokiysky Stanovik mountain ridge, a part of the Stanovoy Range. The first Russian to enter the area was Vassili Poyarkov.

Zeya flows through the Zeya Reservoir and joins the Amur River near Blagoveshchensk, in Russia's Amur Oblast. Regulation of river discharge by Zeya Dam mitigates extrimities of river flow down to 5000 m³/s.

The main tributaries of the Zeya River are Tok, Mulmuga, Bryanta, Gilyuy, and Urkan on the right, and Kupuri, Argi, Dep, Selemdzha, and Tom on the left.

The river freezes from November to May. It is navigable with the most important river ports being Zeya, Svobodny, and Blagoveshchensk.

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