Carved between the river and its fluvial terrace with the highest elevation of 192 meters Chochur Muran Hill, Yakutsk counts with more than 190 lakes and lies on a spot where the water coming from the terrace is naturally drained through existing lakes, streams and rivers. One of the essential linking elements of the water system is Gorodskoy Kanal, or GorKanal, - a city canal which forms two rings, the inner and the outer one, connecting an entire system of lakes and river between themselves and the Lena river.