Viluy River

The Vilyui River is the longest tributary of the Lena River, located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory and Yakutia. Its origins are on the Vilyui plateau of the Central Siberian plateau, near the rivers of the basin of Lower Tunguska. Vilyui feeds 67,266 lakes, the largest of which are Sugjar, Baratalah, Nijili, Mosana, Bogud. The river and the lakes that enter its basin are rich in fish, there are: taimen, sturgeon, nelma, ulcer, pike, yursh, chir, whitefish, poop, gerbil.

On Viluja ice is absent for 5 months a year, and the average annual temperature in the river basin is minus 8 degrees Celsius. During the spring flood, the rise in the water level in the lower reaches 10-15 meters, sometimes there are ice congestion. The river basin is a deposit of diamonds, phosphorites, coal, salt, iron ore, as well as gold (in small quantities). Two hydroelectric power plants have been built on Vilyuy, which are the main source of electricity for the energy system of the extractive industry and settlements: Aikhal, Udachny, Lensk, Mirny, Diamond, Svetny and Chernyshevsky.