Vilyuy River

The Vilyuy River (Вилюй) (or Vilyui River) is the longest tributary of the Lena River in eastern Siberia. The river is approximately 2,650 km long, of which around 1,450 km is navigable. The Vilyuy's drainage basin is about 454,000 km².

The Vilyuy's source lies near Ekonda, in the north of the Central Siberian Plateau. It then flows south east, fills together with the Chona River the Viluyskoe Reservoir and passes the towns of Cherynshevskiy, Suntar, Nyurba and Verkhnevilyuysk before joining the Lena near Sangar.

The river is known for the diamond mines established along it since the 1950s.

External links

• Encyclopedia Britannica