{{about||the Zhuya Commandery|Hainan#History}} {{Infobox river | name = Zhuya | name_native = | name_native_lang = | image = Zhuya ONC D-7.jpg | image_caption = Course of the Zhuya | source1 = Kropotkin Range,<br>Patom Highlands | source1_coordinates = {{coord|57|50|12|N|115|56|41|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:RU}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|1100|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Chara | mouth_elevation = {{convert|246|m|abbr=on}} | mouth_location = Ust-Zhuya | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|58|45|44|N|118|09|25|E|region:RU-BU_type:river|display=it}} | progression = Chara→ Olyokma→ {{RLena}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Russia | subdivision_type2 = Federal subject | subdivision_name2 = Irkutsk Oblast | length = {{convert|337|km|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|54|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|22600|km2|abbr=on}} | pushpin_map = Russia Irkutsk Oblast | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Mouth location in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia }}
The '''Zhuya''' ({{langx|ru|Жуя}}) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Chara river in terms of length and area of its basin. The river is {{convert|337|km}} long and has a drainage basin of {{convert|22600|km2}}. The area is largely uninhabited, Svetly —a small goldmining place— and Perevoz villages are located by the river bank.<ref name=gvr>{{GVR|242353|Река Жуя}}</ref><ref name="ЭСБЕ">[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article041357.html Жуя] / ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia:'' in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov. - 3rd ed. - M. Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.</ref><ref name=WR>[https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1105/%D0%96%D1%83%D1%8F Zhuya - Water of Russia]</ref>
==History== The area of the Zhuya river was formerly renowned as part of the "Vitim Goldfields". The mines on the banks of the river were discovered and developed in the 19th century by Irkutsk gold miner K.P. Trapeznikov. There are still gold mining ventures in the Zhuya basin, especially in the area of its tributary, the Vacha.<ref name=WR/>
==Course== The Zhuya is a left tributary of the Chara, of the Lena basin. Its source is in the northern slope of the Kropotkin Range.<ref name="GЕ">Google Earth</ref> In its upper course the Zhuya flows roughly northwards and then northeastwards across the Patom Highlands, flowing across lake Tolendo. It turns in an eastward direction, meandering across a plain before joining the Chara near Ust-Zhuya, also known as Chara, an abolished settlement.<ref name=WR/>
The longest tributaries of the Zhuya are the {{convert|146|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Nechera from the right, and the {{convert|86|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Khomolkho (Хомолхо) and {{convert|95|km|mi|abbr=on}} long Vacha from the left. The river is navigable below its confluence with the Khomolkho. The Zhuya is frozen between October and May.<ref name=WR/><ref name="ЭСБЕ"/>
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==See also== *List of rivers of Russia *Bodaibo District
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://oreke.ru/evraziya/rossiya/reka-vacha Река Вача протекает по территории Иркутской области, география истока, притоков и устья Vacha river] *[https://baikal24.ru/text/03-07-2019/083/ С начала лета в Приангарье утонули пятеро детей] (in Russian) {{Portal bar|Russia}}
Category:Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast
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