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Vilyuy River

Vilyuy River
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Rapids on the Vilyuy in Central Sakha
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Country Russia
Basin features
Main source Central Siberian Plateau
River mouth Lena River
Basin size 491,000 km2 (190,000 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 2,650 km (1,650 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    1,700 m3/s (60,000 cu ft/s)

Coordinates: 64°22′38″N 126°24′54″E / 64.37722°N 126.41500°E / 64.37722; 126.41500

The Vilyuy River (also Vilyui, Russian: Вилю́й; IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲʉj]; Yakut: Бүлүү, Bülüü, IPA: [bylyː]) is a river of the Central Siberian Plateau, longest tributary of the Lena River. About 2,650 kilometres (1,650 mi) long, it flows mostly within the Sakha Republic. Its basin covers about 491,000 square kilometres (190,000 sq mi).

The Vilyuy rises in the Evenky autonomous okrug and, flowing east, soon enters Sakha. It turns towards the south and southeast, then back towards the east, and finally enters the Lena about 350 kilometres (220 mi) downstream of Yakutsk, near Sangar. To the west of the Vilyui and Chona is the Nizhnyaya Tunguska River basin. The Vilyuy basin is sparsely populated. Small settlements along the river include Vilyuysk, Verkhnevilyuysk, Suntar, and Nyurba.


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