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Sylva (river)

Coordinates: 58°06′28″N 56°38′16″E / 58.10778°N 56.63778°E / 58.10778; 56.63778
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Sylva
River Sylva in the Urals
Scheme of the Kama River Basin.
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMiddle Urals
Mouth 
 • location
Chusovaya
 • coordinates
58°06′28″N 56°38′16″E / 58.10778°N 56.63778°E / 58.10778; 56.63778
Length493 km (306 mi)
Basin size19,700 km2 (7,600 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average139 m3/s (4,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionChusovayaKamaVolgaCaspian Sea

The Sylva (Russian: Сылва) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Perm Krai in Russia. It is 493 kilometres (306 mi) in length.[1] The area of the basin is 19,700 square kilometres (7,600 sq mi).[2] The Sylva flows into the Chusovoy Cove of the Kama Reservoir. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Principal tributaries: Iren, Babka, Irgina, Vogulka (left); Barda, Shakva (right).[2] Main port: Kungur.

Every year hundreds of tourists come to Kungur, through routes down the Sylva, Iren and Shakva rivers. The Sylva River flows leisurely over a flat plateau, across Preduraliye Nature Preserve, and past abrupt cliffs, fossilized remnants of coral reefs left by the long-disappeared Great Permian Sea, which at some places rise up to 100 metres (330 ft) above the level of the river, covered with pine and fir groves.

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References

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  1. ^ Сылва (река) in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b "Государственный водный реестр РФ: Сылва".