[1] The river is crossed by the Baikal-Amur Mainline and the interregional highway 25K-258 Ust-Kut - Severobaikalsk.

The abandoned Evenk settlement of Aitkan was located by the river, 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Omoloy village on the Lena.

It flows northwards across mountainous territory and in its lower course roughly parallel to the Lena.

Finally the Tayura meets the right bank of the Lena downstream from Ust-Kut, the administrative center of Ust-Kutsky District, 3,384 kilometres (2,103 mi) from its mouth.

The vegetation of the Tayura river basin is characterized by the typical mountain taiga of the Lena-Angara Plateau.