The Kureyka (; also Lyuma, Numa) is a major right tributary of the Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.
It falls from the Putorana Plateau to the vast taiga plain of Northern Siberia and flows northward passing through a series of elongated lakes, including the Yadun, Anama, and Dyupkun lakes. It is long.Курейка, Great Soviet Encyclopedia The river drains an area of about . Its valley forms the northern boundary of the Tunguska Plateau.Geographic Encyclopedia - Tunguska Plateau (in Russian) At the confluence, the Kureyka is more than wide.
The Kureyka basin is very sparsely populated. The village of Kureyka used to have a museum dedicated to Joseph Stalin, who was exiled there in 1914–17. The Kureyskaya Hydroelectric Station was built in 1975–2002. It is served by the people from , a townlet sitting just above the Kureyka Reservoir. Plans for another power station somewhere downstream are under consideration.
See also List of rivers of Russia
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