The Pilyuda (russian: Пилюда) is a river in
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
,
Russia
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. It is a tributary of the
Lena
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with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows across an uninhabited area of the
Kirensky District
Kirensky District (russian: Ки́ренский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.Charter of Irkutsk Oblast, Article 13 Municipally, it is incorporated as Kirensky Municipal Di ...
.
Orlova village is located by the left bank, near the confluence with the Lena.
Course
The Pilyuda is a left
tributary
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of the Lena. It has its sources in the
Lena Plateau
The Lena Plateau, also known as Prilensky Plateau ( rus, Приленское плато, ''Prilenskoye Plato''; sah, Өлүөнэтээҕи хаптал хайалаах сир), is one of the great plateaus of Siberia. Administratively it is m ...
and flows at its southwestern limit. To the west of its basin the
Lower Tunguska
The Nizhnyaya Tunguska ( rus, Ни́жняя Тунгу́ска, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪjə tʊnˈɡuskə, meaning "Lower Tunguska") is a river in Siberia, Russia, that flows through the Irkutsk Oblast and the Krasnoyarsk Krai. The river is a right tribut ...
of the
Yenisey
The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...
basin, flows northwards. The Pilyuda heads in a roughly southern direction across a
taiga
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area of low, smooth hills. Finally it meets the Lena from its mouth, opposite
Spoloshino, upstream from the mouth of the
Chechuy
The Chechuy (russian: Чечуй) is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of .
The river flows across an uninhabited area of the Kirensky District. Puschino village is loca ...
.
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The largest tributary of the Pilyuda is the long
Rassokha
The Rassokha (russian: Рассоха, also Россоха; sah, Рассоха) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia. It is the major tributary of the Alazeya.Google Earth
Geography
The river is long. The area of its basin ...
that joins it from the right.
The river freezes yearly between October and May.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
Russia can be divided into a European and an Asian part. The dividing line is generally considered to be the Ural Mountains. The European part is drained into the Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Asian part is drained into ...
References
External links
Pilyunda At Orlovo
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Central Siberian Plateau
Rivers of Irkutsk Oblast