| Synya Сыня | |
|---|---|
 View of the Synya atOvgort | |
  Mouth location inYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Polar Urals |
| • coordinates | 65°28′16″N63°13′48″E / 65.47111°N 63.23000°E /65.47111; 63.23000 |
| • elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Mouth | Ob |
• location | Malaya Ob |
• coordinates | 66°12′55″N64°49′15″E / 66.21528°N 64.82083°E /66.21528; 64.82083 |
• elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Length | 217 km (135 mi) (304 km (189 mi)) |
| Basin size | 13,500 km2 (5,200 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 96 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s) (88 km (55 mi) from the mouth) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ob→Kara Sea |
TheSynya (Russian:Сыня) is a river inYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,Russia. The river is 217 kilometres (135 mi) long —304 km (189 mi) from the source of the Mokraya Synya at its head— and has a catchment area of 13,500 square kilometres (5,200 sq mi).[1]
The Synya flows across theShuryshkarsky District. It is navigable for 90 kilometres (56 mi), between its mouth in the Ob andOvgort village.[2]
The Synya is a lefttributary of theOb river. It has its sources at the confluence of the 20 km (12 mi) long Sukhaya Synya and the 87 km (54 mi) long Mokraya Synya, which flow from the eastern slopes of thePolar Urals. The river flows initially southwards, then bends and flows eastwards, within a widefloodplain located at the northwestern end of theWest Siberian Plain. Finally it meets the left bank of the Malaya Ob, an arm of the Ob, about 488 km (303 mi) from its mouth.[3][4]
The main tributaries of the Synya are the 178 km (111 mi) longLesmiyogan (Лесмиёган), the 163 km (101 mi) longNesyogan (Несъёган) and the 178 km (111 mi) long Bolshoy Tukshin (Большой Тукшин) from the right.[1] The river is fed predominantly by snow and is frozen between October and May.[3][1][2]
The main fish species in the river areomul,peled,broad whitefish,sig, andtugun.[2]
