Chona

The Chona (; , Çuona) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Vilyuy, and is long, with a drainage basin of .

Key facts

River.mouth: Vilyuy
River.name: Chona
River.other_name: Чона / Чуона
River.image: Chona 2019-08-29-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
River.image_caption: Chona meanders Sentinel-2 image
River.pushpin_map: Russia Sakha Republic
River.pushpin_map_caption: Mouth location in the Sakha Republic, Russia
River.source1_location: Lena Plateau
River.mouth_location: Vilyuy Reservoir
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Sakha & Irkutsk Oblast

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Elevation: 235
Length: 802

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discharge: 125
watershed area: 40600
Commons category: Chona

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The Chona (; , Çuona) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Vilyuy, and is long, with a drainage basin of .

The Russian Geographical Society organized an expedition in 1853–55 to survey the orography, geology and population of the Vilyuy and Chona basins. == Course == The river begins in the Lena Plateau, part of the Central Siberian Plateau, at an elevation of . It flows roughly northeastwards forming rapids which make the river not navigable. The lowest of its course were flooded by the Vilyuy Reservoir after the Vilyuy Dam was built in 1967. The river freezes between October and late May.