The Soyana is a river in Primorsky

Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast

Primorsky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Primorsky Municipal District...

 and Mezensky District

Mezensky District

Mezensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Mezensky Municipal District...

s of Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea....

 in Russia

Russia

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. It is a left tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Kuloy River

Kuloy River (White Sea)

The Kuloy is a river in Pinezhsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. Its mouth is located in the Mezen Bay of the White Sea. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributaries of the Kuloy are the Kyolda , the Nemnyuga , and the Soyana...

. It is 140 kilometres (87 mi) long, and the area of its basin 5860 square kilometres (2,262.6 sq mi). The main tributaries of the Soyana are the Nyrzanga (right) and the Telsa (left).

The Soyana collects the drain of the plateau

Plateau

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 on the eastern side of the Dvina Bay

Dvina Bay

The Dvina Bay is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast in Northwestern Russia. It is one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea, the others being the Mezen Bay, the Onega Bay, and the Kandalaksha Gulf. The two main river emptying into the Dvina Bay is the Northern Dvina River, while the two cities...

 of the White Sea

White Sea

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 (known as White Sea - Kuloy Plateau). The river originates at the confluence of the Kepina River and the Kotuga River, and the Kotuga is the lower course of the Pochuga and the Yelovitsa, connected with them via a system of lakes. From the confluence, the river flows north-east. The only settlement on the river banks is the village of Soyana, located in Mezensky District

Mezensky District

Mezensky District is an administrative district , one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Mezensky Municipal District...

on the right-hand bank 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) upstream from the mouth.

The Soyana is navigable between the village of Soyana and the Kuloy River.