Jana (Sea of ​​Okhotsk)

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Jana
Яна
Data
Water code RU19100000212119000142802
location Magadan Oblast ( Russia )
River system Jana
confluence of Right and Left Jana
60 ° 29 ′ 42 ″  N , 148 ° 12 ′ 37 ″  E
Source height approx.  340  m
muzzle Sea of ​​Okhotsk west of Magadan Coordinates: 59 ° 43 ′ 40 "  N , 149 ° 23 ′ 26"  E 59 ° 43 ′ 40 "  N , 149 ° 23 ′ 26"  E
Mouth height m
Height difference approx. 340 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.8 ‰
length 190 km (including the source river Rechts Jana : 217 km)
Catchment area 8660 km²
Left tributaries Seimkan
Communities Tauisk
The two rivers named Jana in the Russian Far East

The two rivers named Jana in the Russian Far East

The Jana ( Russian Яна ) is a 190 km long tributary of the Sea of Okhotsk , in the northeast of Russia and in the east of the Russian-Far East Federal District .

Including the source river Rechts Jana , which rises in the Suntar Chajata Mountains ( ), the total flow distance is 217 km.

The Jana arises from Right Jana ( Prawaja Jana , 27 km) and Left Jana ( Lewaja Jana , 21 km). It flows through the Magadan Oblast and flows into the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, a marginal sea of ​​the Pacific . The largest tributary is the Seimkan coming from the left . The village of Tauisk is located at the mouth .

The region around the Jana River is the habitat of the brown bear . The coastal tundra at the mouth of the river is known for its bird life ( long-toed sandpipers and, for example, snipe, which is threatened with extinction in Germany ). It is home to the Siberian angle-toothed newt and the u. a. in Europe in its stocks threatened water hemlock .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Jana in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)