'Zeya River' (;
Manchu: ''Jingkiri bira''), 1,242 km long, is a southern
tributary of the
Amur River. It rises in the
Tokiysky Stanovik mountain ridge, a part of the
Stanovoy Ridge. The Zeya flows through the
Zeya Reservoir and joins the
Amur River near
Blagoveshchensk.
The main tributaries of the Zeya River are
Tok,
Mulmuga,
Bryanta,
Gilyuy, and
Urkan on the right, and
Kupuri,
Argi,
Dep,
Selemdzha, and
Tom on the left.
The river freezes from November to May. It is navigable with the most important river ports being
Zeya,
Svobodny, and
Blagoveshchensk.