Mayn
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{{Infobox river
| name = Mayn
Майн
| 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
| 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 ({{langx|ru|Майн}}; {{langx|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. The length of the river is {{convert|475|km|mi}}. The area of is drainage basin is {{convert|32800|km2|mi2}}.{{GVR|275543|Река Майн}}
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. All these rivers are frozen for about eight to nine months in a year between mid-October and the end of May.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article072659.html Майн (река в Магаданской обл.)], Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/277678 Ancient settlements in the Main River basin]
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
References
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External links
- [http://www.workingdogweb.com/Chukotka.htm Chukchi People]
- [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 }} {{small|(571 KB)}}
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