Flood at the Maya

Swift Maya River is the biggest tributary to the mighty Uda. In the end of July we have observed here a high flood - in the Uda River such water do not remember even the old-timers. In the lower reaches of the Maya the water level was rising for 6 meters. The water was increasing swiftly - up to 2 meters in a day!

The water level is still growing

Along the fairway of the river there is a continuous stream of trees demolished by the flood

The flood is starting to go down

In a week the river is back to normal level

In the Maya we were catching only one species, the white-spotted grayling

Lenok caught in the mouth of a brook

After the flood: a poplar forest used to grow here

High water has created huge log jams