Vilyuy River

History and catchment area of ​​Wiljui

Rapids of Wiljui

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The Wiljui (Russian Вилюй; Yakut Бүлүү, Bülüü ) is an approximately 2650 km long left tributary of the Lena in Siberia (Russia, Asia).

Course

The river rises on the Wiljuiplateau in the central part of the central Siberian highlands, about 100 kilometers north-west of the settlement Ekonda ( Krasnoyarsk region ) and about 20 kilometers southwest of Ekondasees. From there, it flows first in easterly direction and reaches the Autonomous Republic of Sakha ( Yakutia), where it turns to the southeast. There, it flows through the large Wiljui Reservoir ( Wiljujskoje Wodochranilischtsche ), opens in the southwest corner of the Tschona. Then the Wiljui used - still at the said mountain land - in an easterly direction East to infuse a little later in the great Mitteljakutische lowlands. In this vast lowland, in the region Ygyatta, Marcha, Tjukjan and Tjung open out from the left, the Wiljui reaches flowing to the Arctic Ocean Lena.

Economy

From its confluence with the Lena rich in fish Wiljui on 1343 km length to the settlement Chernyshevsky downstream of the dam of the Wiljui Reservoir is navigable. Additional 600 km, where the Wiljui in the area of the lake is navigable. However, the dam can not be overcome due to lack of lock systems of vessels.

In the area of ​​Mitteljakutischen lowland is known as the Wiljui basin with deposits of diamonds, iron ore, coal and gold.

Towns

Among the villages on the river Chernyshevsky, Suntar, Njurba, Werchnewiljuisk and Wiljuisk include ( downriver considered ).

Others

The river is eponymous for the mineral Wiluit that occurs in the Wiljui Basin. In addition, the Wiljui is type locality for solid cadmium and grossular and archaeological site of many other minerals, such as, among others, solid aluminum, antimony, lead, and platinum, other minerals such as garnet andradite and pyrope, diopside, pyrite, rutile and vesuvianite.