Siva River
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Siva River is a river in Udmurt Republic and Perm Krai
Perm Krai
Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...

 in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, a right tributary of the Kama River
Kama River
Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....

. The length of the river is 206 km, the area of its drainage basin is 4,870 km². It starts in Chastinsky District
Chastinsky District
Chastinsky District is an administrative district of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai. Municipally, it is incorporated as Chastinsky Municipal District. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality of Chastye...

, near village Pikhtovka. Then, it flows through Bolshesosnovsky District
Bolshesosnovsky District
Bolshesosnovsky District is an administrative district of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai. Municipally, it is incorporated as Bolshesosnovsky Municipal District. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality of Bolshaya Sosnova...

 of perm Krai and Votkinsky District
Votkinsky District
Votkinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. It is located in the eastern portion of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Votkinsk...

 of Udmurtia. Its mouth located downstream of dam of Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station
Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station
The Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the Kama River along the border of Perm Krai and Udmurtia, Russia. It is south of Votkinsk and its main purpose is power generation and navigation. The power station has a 1,020 MW installed capacity and the dam also...

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The Siva freezes up in the second half of October and remains icebound until April.

Main tributaries:
  • Left: only small insignificant rivers;
  • Right: But, Sosnova, Chyornaya, Lyp, Votka.
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