Chara

The Chara flows through the mountain country of eastern Siberia to join the Olyokma, a tributary of the Lena. Along its course it receives the Zhuya and Molbo from the west and cuts through valleys between high ridges. Forested slopes and river terraces border the waterway. Together with the Olyokma, the Chara connects the southern uplands with the great Lena basin and the distant Arctic Ocean.