Mati (river)

The Mati (Мати) is a river in Okhotsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. It has a length of 167 km and a drainage basin of 3530 km2. It is a right hand tributary of the Maya.

The Mati flows across uninhabited territory.

Course
The Mati river originates at the confluence of the Levaya Mati and Pravaya Mati mountain rivers in the northern Dzhugdzhur mountain slopes. It heads first roughly westwards and then northwestwards, meandering in the floodplain in its lower course. Finally it flows into the right bank of the Maya 914 km from its mouth in The Aldan. The river is fed by snow and rain. It freezes around late October and stays frozen until mid May.

Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Mati are the 34 km long Mira and the 29 km long Kostyor from the left, as well as the 50 km long Malinovaya (Machekha), the 44 km long Cheryomukhovaya (Khusharin) and the 35 km long Birandya from the right. There are a few lakes close to the river channel in its last stretch.