Maynits

Maynits (; ) is a freshwater lake in Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of almost . There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake.

The name of the lake in Chukot is derived from Mainygytgyn, meaning "big lake."Leontiev V.V. & Novikova K.A. Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. -Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989 .

Geography Maynits lies approximately in the middle of the Ukvushvuynen Range, part of the Koryak Mountains. It is located southeast of lake Yanragytgyn. The lake stretches roughly from north to south and has a larger northern section with a long and wide island in the middle near the northeastern lakeshore. The smaller southern section stretches from NNW to SSE for and has a width of about . Both sections are connected by a narrow sound.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8

The lakeshore is pebbly, made up of small and regular pebbles. The long Gytgypokytkynvaam river enters the lake from the south and the Gytgyveem, a long tributary of the Nygchekveem, flows out of the northern end of the main lake. Maynits freezes in October and stays under ice until June.Maynits - Water of Russia

Flora and fauna Alder forests together with dwarf pine and dwarf birch forests grow on the mountain slopes facing the lake.The flora of the protected areas of Chukotka

Maynits is a spawning ground for the sockeye salmon. In addition chum salmon, pink salmon, Taranets char, Dolly Varden trout, broad whitefish, humpback whitefish, round whitefish, Kamchatka grayling, pike, burbot, slimy sculpin, common minnow, and ninespine stickleback are common in the waters of the lake.

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