Xayyr

Xayyr lies beside the Omoloy River in the northern lowlands of Sakha, a cold country of tundra and many waters. The Omoloy descends from the Verkhoyansk mountains and runs north towards the Laptev Sea. Its lower valley crosses the broad plain west of the Yana, where long winters freeze the rivers and summer briefly opens the Arctic landscape. The river provides a natural route through this sparsely wooded country.