Bambuyka

Bambuyka
Бамбуйка
Bambuyka; Бамбуйка
	Last stretch of the Bambuyka and its mouth in the Vitim Sentinel-2 image
	Mouth location in Buryatia, Russia
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Buryatia
Physical characteristics
Source	Southern Muya Range; South Siberian System
• coordinates	55°52′00″N 114°20′13″E / 55.86667°N 114.33694°E
Mouth	Vitim
• coordinates	55°46′58″N 115°49′43″E / 55.78278°N 115.82861°E
Length	172 km (107 mi)
Basin size	4,170 km2 (1,610 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Vitim→ Lena→ Laptev Sea

The Bambuyka (Russian: Бамбуйка) is a river in Buryatia, southern East Siberia, Russia. It is 172 kilometres (107 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 4,170 square kilometres (1,610 sq mi).^[1]

The only inhabited place in the area is Bambuyka, Muysky District, a small hamlet located close to the mouth of the river.^[2]^[3]

Course[edit]

The Bambuyka is a left tributary of the Vitim. Its sources are in a small lake close to the southwestern slope of Muisky Gigant, the highest peak of the Southern Muya Range. The river flows first in a SSE direction across mountainous terrain.^[3] It bends east close to the east of a sharp bend of the Tsipa and flows roughly in an eastward direction. Then it bends again and flows southeastwards. In its lower course it bends gradually, meandering northeastwards in a floodplain, until it finally meets the left bank of the Vitim 812 kilometres (505 mi) from its mouth in the Lena.^[2]

Tributaries[edit]

The longest tributaries of the Bambuyka are the 75 kilometres (47 mi) long Bambukoy on the left, as well as the 42 kilometres (26 mi) long Pashkov-Klyuch and the 55 kilometres (34 mi) long Golyube on the right.^[1]