Chona
Sign in to saveThe 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 .
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- Vilyuy
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- Chona
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- Чона / Чуона
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- Chona 2019-08-29-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
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- Chona meanders Sentinel-2 image
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- Russia Sakha Republic
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- Mouth location in the Sakha Republic, Russia
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- Lena Plateau
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- Vilyuy Reservoir
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- Country
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- Sakha & Irkutsk Oblast
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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.