Zeya (river) (English spelling)

Japanese: ゼーヤ[川]（英語表記）Zeya

The Amur River is a large tributary on the left (eastern) bank of the Amur River in the Russian Far East. It is 1,242 km long and has a drainage area of 233,000 km2. It begins on the southern slope of the Stanovoy Mountains, and the main river and many tributaries join the Upper Zeya Basin. It then crosses several mountain ranges, passes through a gorge called the Zeya Gate, and enters the Zeya-Bureya Plain, before flowing south and joining the Amur River downstream of the city of Blagoveshchensk. The plain is rich in old river channels, marshes, and oxbow lakes, forming a typical floodplain.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシア連邦極東地方，アムール州を流れる川。アムール川左岸(東岸)の大きな支流。長さ1242km，流域面積23万3000km2。初めスタノボイ山脈の南斜面におこり，本流と多くの支流がともに上ゼーヤ盆地に集まり，さらに数条の山脈を横断して〈ゼーヤ門〉と呼ばれる峡谷をぬけてゼーヤ･ブレヤ平野にいたり，南に流れてブラゴベシチェンスク市の下流でアムール川に注ぐ。平野部では旧河道，湿地帯，三日月湖などがきわめて多く，典型的な洪水地形を形成している。

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