Key facts
- Native name
- Витим ( Russian ) Витым ( Evenki ) Witym ( Evenki ) Виитим ( Yakut ) Viitim ( Yakut ) Витим ( Buryat ) Vitim ( Buryat )
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Buryatia , Irkutsk Oblast , Sakha Republic , Zabaykalsky Krai
- Cities
- Bodaybo , Vitim , Mama, Russia
- Location
- Confluence of rivers Vitimkan and China, Ikat Range , Irkutsk Oblast
- Elevation
- 1,171 m (3,842 ft)
- Mouth
- Lena
- Length
- 1,940 km (1,210 mi)
- Basin size
- 225,000 km (87,000 sq mi)
- Average
- 1,937 m /s (68,400 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Lena → Laptev Sea
- Left
- Tsipa , Muya , Mamakan , Mama
- Right
- Konda , Karenga , Kalakan , Kalar , Bodaybo
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The Vitim (Russian: Витим; Evenki: Витым, Witym; Yakut: Виитим, Viitim [local pronunciation]; Buryat and Mongolian: Витим, Vitim) is a major tributary of the Lena. Its source is east of Lake Baikal, at the confluence of rivers Vitimkan from the west and China from the east. The Vitim flows first south, bends eastwards and then northward in the Vitim Plateau. Then it flows north through the Stanovoy Highlands and the town of Bodaybo. Including river Vitimkan, its western source, it is 1,978 kilometres (1,229 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 225,000 square kilometres (87,000 sq mi).