[1] The river flows north of the Arctic Circle across a lonely, desolate area of Bulunsky District devoid of settlements.

Its sources are in the southern part of the Kystyk Plateau, located southwest of the Chekanovsky Ridge.

Finally the Khorbusuonka joins the right bank of the Olenyok river 221 km (137 mi) upstream of its mouth.

The confluence is only 4 km (2.5 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Bur in the opposite bank.

[1] The river basin is dominated by tundra with sparse larch forest and some willow thickets by the riverside in wide valleys.