Laja (Pechora)

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Laja
Лая
Data
Water code RU :  03050300112103000073379
location Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Komi Republic ( Russia )
River system Pechora
Drain over Pechora  → Arctic Ocean
source Lajato Lake in the Bolsemelskaya Tundra
67 ° 32 ′ 31 ″  N , 56 ° 6 ′ 58 ″  E
muzzle In the Pechora coordinates: 66 ° 21 '27 "  N , 56 ° 19' 3"  E 66 ° 21 '27 "  N , 56 ° 19' 3"  E

length 332 km
Catchment area 9530 km²
Discharge at the Mischwan
A Eo gauge : 4650 km²
Location: 171 km above the estuary 		MQ 1960/1998
Mq 1960/1998
 		50 m³ / s
10.8 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Kerjurwis
Right tributaries Lajavosch , Sercheiju , Jurjacha
Location of the Laja (Лая) in the catchment area of ​​the Pechora

Location of the Laja (Лая) in the catchment area of ​​the Pechora

The Laja ( Russian Лая ) is a right tributary of the Pechora in the Komi Republic and in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in northwestern Russia .

The 332 km long Laja has its origins in Lajato Lake in the Bolschesemelskaja Tundra in Nenets Autonomous District of the. It flows mainly in a southerly direction into the Komi Republic. It takes in its most important tributary, the Jurjacha , from the right. Eventually she meets the Pechora flowing west. The Laja drains an area of ​​9530 km². It is covered by a layer of ice between October and May. The spring floods in May and June account for a large part of the annual runoff. The mean discharge at the Mischwan gauge , 171 km above the estuary, is 50 m³ / s.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Article Laja in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D069009~2a%3DLaja~2b%3DLaja
  2. ↑ a b c Laja in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)
  3. ↑ a b Laja at the Mischwan gauge - hydrographic data at R-ArcticNET