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Vilyuy River

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Vilyuy River

 or Viliui River

River, east-central Siberia. The longest tributary of the Lena River, it is 1,647 mi (2,650 km) long. It joins the Lena about 200 mi (320 km) northwest of Yakutsk. It is navigable for about 900 mi (1,450 km). In 1954 rich diamond deposits were discovered near the river.
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Using helicopter and biplane, we traveled to the mining center of Mirnyy, on one of the Lena's major tributaries, the Vilyuy River, and to a reindeer camp deep in the Verkhoyanskiy mountain chain that bounds the Lena to the east.
Siberia on the brink by Gusewelle, C.W. / American Forests
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