The Yana () is a river in Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. It has a drainage basin of .1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-8 Tauisk village is located at the mouth of the river.
The basin of the river includes tundra zones which provide a habitat for the brown bear, bird species such as the long-toed stint and the common snipe, as well as amphibians such as the Siberian salamander.
Course The Yana river is formed at the confluence of the Right Yana (Правая Яна) and the Left Yana (Левая Яна) at an elevation of , from which point the river is long. Including the long Right Yana, which has its source in the eastern end of the Suntar-Khayata Range, the total length is . The shorter Left Yana has its source in the Kolyma Highlands.Magadan Region - Water of Russia
The Yana flows roughly southeastwards across mountainous terrain. In its last stretch it enters a floodplain among wetlands just east of the Taui River (Kava) and west of the Arman. Finally it flows into the Amakhton Bay, part of the Taui Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk.Google Earth
The main tributary of the Yana is the long Seimkan that joins it in its lower course from the left.
See also List of rivers of Russia References
External links Floating Tours Down The Rivers of Magadan Region Kolyma - Modern Guidebook to Magadan Oblast