Maya (river)

The Maya () is a river in Khabarovsk Krai and Sakha, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Aldan of the Lena basin. The length of the river is . The area of its basin . The Maya freezes up in late October and stays under the ice until May. The Yudoma is one of the biggest tributaries of the Maya. The river is navigable up to upstream from its mouth.
The Yudoma-Maya Highlands are located in the basin of the Maya. 
The Maya was part of the river route from Yakutsk to the Okhotsk Coast. Its course is approximately "V"-shaped. The upper Maya runs about southwest parallel to the coast between the Dzhugdzhur Mountains and the Yudoma Plateau. About from its source the Mati River comes in from the south. From the Mati either the Lama Portage or the Alanchak Portage led to the Ulya and the coast. Near the southernmost point was the settlement of Nelkan from which a track led over the mountains to Ayan. The Maya flows west for perhaps and receives the Maimakan River from the southwest. From here the river flows basically north about , receives the Yudoma from the east and joins the Aldan at Ust-Maya. From Ust-Maya there was a horse-track to Yakutsk. Eastbound boats that reached Ust-Maya from the Lena were replaced by smaller boats to continue up the Maya.