Chunia

Chunia 

a river in Krasnoiarsk Krai, RSFSR, a right tributary of the Podkamennaia Tunguska. The Chunia River is 727 km long and drains an area of 70,500 sq km. It is formed at the confluence of the Iuzhnaia Chunia and Severnaia Chunia rivers. The river flows over the Central Siberian Plateau and is full of rapids, including Chunskii Zamok. It is fed by snow and rain. High water is in May and June, and flooding occurs in summer and, especially, in fall. The mean flow rate is about 435 cu m per sec. The Chunia freezes in October, and the ice breaks up in May. Right tributaries are the Paimbu, Verkhnii Chunku, and Nizhnii Chunku; left tributaries are the Kimchu, Mutorai, and Tychany. The river is navigable by boats of shallow draft.