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Vilva River

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Main source
  
Middle Ural

Basin size
  
3,020 km (1,170 sq mi)

Mouth
  
Usva River

River mouth
  
Usva River

Length
  
170 km

Country
  
Russia

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Vilva River (Russian: Вильва) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Usva River. It starts on the west foothills of the Ural, near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast. It flows west and southwest, entering the Usva 4 kilometres (2 mi) from the larger river's mouth near the town of Chusovoy. The river is 170 kilometres (110 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 3,020 square kilometres (1,170 sq mi).

Contents

Map of r. Vilva, Permskiy Kray, Russia

Main tributaries

  • Left: Vizhai
  • Right: North Rassokha, Bolshaya Myasnaya, Korostelevka, Bolshaya Porozhnaya, Tanchikha.
  • Etymology

    The river name is a composite of the Komi-Permyak words vil (new) and va (water).

    References

    Vilva River Wikipedia


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