Zeya River

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Zeya River (Russian: Зе́я; Manchu: Jingkiri bira), 1,242 km long, is a southern tributary of the Amur River. It rises in the Tokiysky Stanovik mountain ridge, a part of the Stanovoy Ridge. The Zeya flows through the Zeya Reservoir and joins the Amur River near Blagoveshchensk.

The main tributaries of the Zeya River are Tok, Mulmuga, Bryanta, Gilyuy, and Urkan on the right, and Kupuri, Argi, Dep, Selemdzha, and Tom on the left.

The river freezes from November to May. It is navigable with the most important river ports being Zeya, Svobodny, and Blagoveshchensk.