Markhaya Trail

The Markhaya flows east across the Central Siberian Plateau to join the Chona, a tributary of the Vilyuy. It rises amid forested uplands and passes through lakes including Tuguruk-Kyuel before reaching the Chona. The river lies in the country between the Lena and Lower Tunguska basins, where waterways approach one another across the plateau. Farther down the Chona, numerous rapids interrupt the river’s course towards the Vilyuy.