Tungir

Yerofey Khabarov used this river's route to travel with his Cossacks from the Lena to the Amur during his mid-17th century expeditions. In the spring of 1649 Khabarov set off at his own expense up the Olyokma, then up the Tungir and portaged to the Shilka, reaching the upper Amur (Dauria) in early 1650. Khabarov founded the village of Srednyaya Olyokma, located at the confluence of the Olyokma and the Tungir. ==Course==

The Tungir is a right tributary of the Olyokma, of the Lena basin. Its source is in Zabaykalsky Krai, in the northeastern slopes of the Tungir Range of the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands. It flows roughly northeastwards with the Tungir Range on the northwestern side and the Gula Range on the southeastern. In the area of the confluence with the Cheryomnaya it forms the famous rapids of the Magyarskiy Perekat. Further downstream, after the confluence with the Bugarikhta, the river flows into a narrow valley in a NNW direction and its speed increases, then after Gulya it slows down along a wide intermontane basin. Finally it meets the right bank of the Olyokma from its mouth in the Lena, near the village of Srednyaya Olyokma. Its main tributaries are the long Tungirikan, the long Nenyuga, the long Cheremnaya (Черемная) and the long Bugarikhta from the right, and the long Upper Korsuga from the left. The river freezes towards the end of October and stays under ice until late April or early May. Some years the river may cause catastrophic summer floods caused by rain. ==See also==