Levoberezhny sleeve gave the name of the Amur Evenki.They named it the river Zeya (in their language, the name sounds like "dzhee" and translated "Blade").It is the third largest tributary of the Amur.It flows through the territory of the Amur region, covering more than half of its expanse.The river flows into the Amur basin next to the Annunciation.
On the shores of the Amur tributary of built hydropower plants based three cities and nature reserve.Above the banks of the river rises Zeya, Blagoveshchensk and free.Zeya Reserve of the territory captured in the upper reaches, sprawled over an area of 830 square kilometers.Construction of the Zeya hydroelectric station solved the problem of disastrous floods occurring during the summer floods.
Description
River stretches 1,242 kilometers.Swimming pool covers an area of 233,000 square kilometers.The source of the river is in the mountain range Toko Stanovik stretching south Stanovoi range.A short section in the upper reaches of the mountain, rapids and skittish.Zeya strewn with sand and pebble rifts.River valleys are clamped krutostennye rock cliffs.
Where Zeya intersects Tukuringra mountain range, its waters rage on bottomless rocky gorge.It runs along the lower reaches of the plain, where the valley was heard in breadth, and the channel broke up into many tributaries.Zeya meanders among vast meadows dotted with numerous lakes and overgrown with willow bushes.
It is navigable.Court ply the waterway stretching 650 kilometers.Having started in the mouth of the river Zeya, it extends to the city of the same name.Before the advent of hydroelectric power plants in the period of high water rose to the village court Bomnak that above the town of Zeya.
Shipping complicated set of shallow rapids dotted with river bed.The hydroelectric dam is not built in a navigation structure.Court ply the upper and lower pool.
Hydrology
Nourish Zey rain, snow and underground springs.Main power supply - rain.They make up 50-70% of annual runoff.The proportion of snow-fed does not exceed 10-20%, while the underground - 10-30%.For the river is characterized by high water content.Columbine it formed almost 20 000 lakes.Their total area is more than 1000 km2.
for river water regime characterized by summer floods resulting from torrential rains and a clear spring floods.Severe flood lasts 3-4 weeks.Floods are becoming perpetrators of severe flooding, resulting in natural disasters.In winter, the river Zeya pool that spread through the lands covered by permafrost, very dry.
Until erected Zeya hydroelectric station, water level fluctuations in the amplitude was 9-10 meters.The maximum depth of the Zeya hydropower plant in an area, it reaches 64 meters.The greatest width it equates to four kilometers.
Flora
upper river, where abundant sorts mouth, rapids and waterfalls, surrounded by the Zeya Nature Reserve.It settled about 637 plant species.Coast then tightened diverse representatives of the plant kingdom.
you catch the eye thickets Mongolian oak, Amur linden and apple berries.Hazelnut raznolistoy and surrounded by Japanese elm river Zeya.Amur region in its neighborhood has become a dwelling place for the Siberian rowan, willow brownish, cedar and cloudberries.
valleys in the area are decorated with birch groves.At the side of the ridge Tukuringra deciduous bushes, Rede inferior space temnohvoynikam that formed Ayan spruce.In the flood plain of the river Zeya, photos that are amazing, buried in vast meadows with swamps.
Fauna
Animals that settled the coast of the river belong to the cohort of typical taiga inhabitants.River valley sheltered by red deer and elk Ussuri.They became beautiful abode for deer and wild boar.Distributed here by representatives of the weasel family.The most striking inhabitants of these predators in the boreal forests are considered sable and ermine.
Aborigines of the region recognized by brown bears, wolves, wolverines, raccoon dogs, otters and speakers.In these places the fauna is represented by birds of chicken.The picturesque river Zeya densely populated grouse, grouse and capercaillie.In the upper grouse inhabit, unfortunately, their population is too low.
Ichthyofauna
Zeya - a paradise for avid fishermen.Local water inhabited by Galiani, Amur gudgeon, grayling, pike, whitefishes, trout, whiskered loach, bullhead, Vladislav and other river dwellers.Fishermen catching huge surprise taimens - these giants.For them, the usual thing to extract a fish weighing 30-50 kilograms.Lovers of fishing river water endows graylings weighing a half, and Lenka - three to four kilograms.
Construction of HPP has led to a sharp decline in stocks of several species of fish of the river Zeya.Reduced populations of whitefish, trout and chub.But significantly increased the number of Galiani dace, Rota-embers and minnows.
Leisure Travelers are drawn into an endless series of picturesque place where flowing deep river Zeya, wherein a special flavor.Fabulous scenery, rich in wildlife, excellent fishing - a magnet of this wonderful region.Here, like the followers of ecological tourism and recreation.
The wonderful place with a cold climate and pristine wildlife lovers flock to fishing, extreme sports and exotic.Are cubbies on the coasts Zei for fans of beach recreation.On multiple tourist centers spend time with pleasure single travelers, and family friendly company.
