Ñüüye

The Nyuya flows east through western Yakutia to join the Lena from the left. Its middle and lower course winds across a waterlogged floodplain dotted with thermokarst lakes. Much of its flow comes with the spring and early summer flood, after a long season under ice. A settlement near the mouth shares the river’s name, while its tributaries reach into the forested plateau west of the Lena.