Pilyuda

The Pilyuda is a river in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is a tributary of the Lena with a length of and a drainage basin area of.
The river flows across an uninhabited area of the Kirensky District. Orlova village is located by the left bank, near the confluence with the Lena.

Course

The Pilyuda is a left tributary of the Lena. It has its sources in the Lena Plateau and flows at its southwestern limit. To the west of its basin the Lower Tunguska of the Yenisey basin, flows northwards. The Pilyuda heads in a roughly southern direction across a taiga area of low, smooth hills. Finally it meets the Lena from its mouth, opposite Spoloshino, upstream from the mouth of the Chechuy.
The largest tributary of the Pilyuda is the long Rassokha that joins it from the right.
The river freezes yearly between October and May.