The Zuya is 49 km long[1][2] with a drainage basin area of 421 km², a river gradient of 15.4 m/km,[2] and an average long-term discharge of 0.133 m³/sec at the stream gauge at Balanove [uk; ru], increasing to 0.302 m³/sec at the mouth.

Golovkinsky in the Memorial Book of the Taurida Governorate (Russian: "Памятная книга Таврической губернии":[6] Р. Зуя начинается довольно сильным потоком из трещины на возвышенности Чобан-Суат The Zuya River begins as a fairly strong stream from a fissure on the Choban-Suat elevation.The Zuya initially flows north, then northwest in the lower reaches, crossing the inner and outer ridges of the Crimean Mountains.

[7] The Zuya flows into Salhyr north of the village of Novoandriyivka [uk; ru] in Simferopol Raion from the left,[8] 133 km from its mouth.

[2][1] Other sources mention the names of incoming arroyos (seasonal watercourses): Akmaz, Kol, Matai[4] (or Mataiska), Mulla-Kol-Su, and Tav-Chuyunchi.

"[14] Supplying annexed Crimea with water pumps is a violation of international sanctions, specifically Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 of 23 June 2014.

He further explained (quote in Russian):[18] Причем это не просто насос на даче, а сложная система: здесь имеется связность скважин, необходимо сделать точную спецификацию, рассчитать мощность насосов, исходя из электроснабжения, их эксплуатации, графика ремонта обслуживания.

То есть никакой европейский поставщик не будет поставлять такую технику абстрактно: ему нужна четкая характеристика объекта, понимание того, где и как он расположен.

It is also naive to assume that local workers will carry out the repairs of these installations.Babin also described the project as ecocidal, as it would be destructive to the ecosystem of the valley in the Beshterek-Zuya deposit area.

[19] In June 2023, the Kakhovka Dam was destroyed, likely by Russian forces to hinder the planned Ukrainian counter-offensive,[20][21] resulting in reports that the North Crimean Canal had again become dry.

[23] The grotto sits within the northern spurs of Dolgorukovskaya Yayla [uk; ru], part of the first ridge of the Crimean Mountains.

[23] Bonch-Osmolovsky and his team discovered burnt animal bones, hearths/fireplaces, charcoal, and thousands of flint tools, including handaxes,[24] in addition to two Neanderthal burials.

The paradigm outlines the concept that each flint tool was made intentionally and each Neanderthal tribe had its own industrial tool-making tradition, territory, hunting habits, or similar.

[23] Based on this paradigm, Stepanchuk determined the Neanderthal activity at the upper layer preceded the Denekamp and the Arcy interstadials (35,000 to 28,000 BC).

[26] The bone fragments belonged to the following Middle Paleolithic species:[26][24] The first of two Neanderthal burials found in the Kiik-Koba grotto was of a child buried at 5–8 months of age.