Taui
{{Infobox river
| name = Taui
| other_name = Kava
| image = Taui ONC D-8.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Taui river basin
| pushpin_map = Russia Magadan Oblast
| pushpin_map_size =
| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Magadan Oblast, Russia
| source1_location = Confluence of the Rasava and Lozovaya in Khabarovsk Krai
| mouth = Sea of Okhotsk
| mouth_location = Taui Bay
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Magadan Oblast, Russia
| length = {{convert|378|km|abbr=on}}
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|59|52|59|N|145|39|10|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|125|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|59|37|59|N|149|05|47|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}}
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|347|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{convert|25900|km2|abbr=on}}
|}}
The Taui ({{langx|ru|Тауй}}), also known as Kava ({{langx|ru|Кава}}) for part of its course, is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It has a drainage basin of {{convert|25900|km2|mi2}}.{{GVR|284614|Река Тауй (в верховье Кава)}}[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_D-8,_4th_edition.jpg 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-8]
The river is a spawning ground for salmon and is part of the Magadan Nature Reserve. Its last stretch is navigable.
Course
The Taui river, as the Kava, is formed at an elevation of {{convert|125|m|abbr=on}} at the confluence of rivers Rasava and Lozovaya flowing from the Kheidzhan Range, Upper Kolyma Highlands.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/o-55.jpg|title=O-55 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=9 September 2021}}[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1254/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B9 Taui - Water of Russia]
The Taui flows first southeastwards and then roughly eastwards along the Kava-Taui Plain (Кава-Тауйская равнина), a wide floodplain.[https://geographyofrussia.com/karta-kava-taujskaya-ravnina-foto-iz-kosmosa/ Карта Кава-Тауйская равнина. Фото из космоса] In its last stretch it enters an area of wetlands. Finally it flows into the Amakhton Bay, part of the Taui Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk. Its mouth lies west of the Arman lagoon and just southwest of the mouth of the Yana.Google Earth The river freezes before mid October and stays frozen until mid May.
The Kheidzhan Range separates the Taui basin from the Inya basin to the west. The main tributary of the Taui is the {{convert|228|km|mi}} long Chyolomdzha (Чёломджа) that joins it in its lower course from the left.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://kayur-travel.ru/index.php?newsid=45 Floating Tours Down The Rivers of Magadan Region]
- [https://magfer.ru/files/Kolyma/Kolyma-ENG.pdf Kolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast]
Category:Rivers of Magadan Oblast
Category:Drainage basins of the Sea of Okhotsk
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