Yukta

Yukta lies on the left bank of the Lower Tunguska, upstream from the mouth of the Ilimpeya. Its name has been explained from an Evenki word for a spring. The Tunguska crosses the Central Siberian Plateau on its long way to the Yenisei, gathering tributaries from forested uplands. The river is frozen through the long winter and rises sharply when snowmelt arrives in spring.