Kiriesteex

Krestyakh lies on the left bank of the Vilyuy in western Yakutia, upstream from Suntar. The Vilyuy flows through a wide forested valley and bends across the interior before continuing east to the Lena. River channels and lakes punctuate the surrounding lowlands. Long winters bind the water in ice, and the short summer opens the river that connects this remote country with the wider Lena basin.