Kiya River

Kiya River

Kiya (Russian: Ки́я) is a river in Tomsk and Kemerovo Oblasts of Russia. It is a tributary of the Chulym (in the Ob's drainage basin), and is 548 kilometres (341 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 32,200 square kilometres (12,400 sq mi). The river has its sources in the Kuznetsky Alatau and flows in a northwesterly direction to its mouth in the Chulym River some 40 kilometres (25 mi) upriver from the town of Asino.

Its main tributaries are from the right: Tyazhin and Chet, and from the left: Kozhakh and Antibes.

The town of Mariinsk lies along the Kiya.

Coordinates: 56°51′11″N 86°39′54″E / 56.8531°N 86.665°E / 56.8531; 86.665


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