Vilyuy River
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Rapids on the Vilyuy in Central Sakha
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| Country | Russia |
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| Main source | Central Siberian Plateau |
| River mouth | Lena River |
| Basin size | 491,000 km2 (190,000 sq mi) |
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| Length | 2,650 km (1,650 mi) |
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Coordinates: 64°22′38″N 126°24′54″E / 64.37722°N 126.41500°E
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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