Ulakhan-Kyuel Lake

Ulakhan-Kyuel lies in a bend of the Menkere River before that river joins the Lena. It occupies a thermokarst basin in the northern lowlands, where the thawing of frozen ground has helped shape many lakes. A stream leaves the lake at its northern end and belongs to the Lena drainage system. Forest and the waterways of the lower Lena surround this remote freshwater basin.