Nidym

The Nidym rises on the Yangil Ridge and flows through the Central Siberian Plateau to the Lower Tunguska. About 379 kilometres long, it joins the larger river from the left in a country of forest and deeply cut valleys. Its name has been connected with an Evenki word for a low, marshy bank. The Lower Tunguska carries its waters west towards the Yenisei, through stretches of rapids and gorges.