Sylva River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...

 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

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. It is 493 kilometres (306.3 mi) in length. The area

Area

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 of the basin

Drainage basin

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 is 19700 square kilometres (7,606.2 sq mi). The Sylva River flows into the Chusovoy Cove

Cove

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 of the Kama Reservoir

Kama Reservoir

The Kama Reservoir, also known as the Perm Reservoir , is a reservoir formed by the dam of the Kama Hydroelectric Station near Perm . The Kama Reservoir has a surface area of 1,915 km² and a water volume of 12,2 cubic km. Its length along the Kama is 272 km, major width - up to...

. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Principal tributaries: Iren

Iren River

Iren is a river in Perm Krai, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Sylva River, which it joins in the town of Kungur. It is 214 km long, with a drainage basin of 6 110 km²....

, Barda, Shakva. Main port: Kungur

Kungur

Kungur is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the inflowing of the Iren and Shakhva Rivers into the Sylva River . Kungur was founded in 1663 and granted town status in 1781. It serves as the administrative center of Kungursky District, although it is not...

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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 above the level of the river, covered with pine and fir groves.

Inhabited localities on the Sylva

• The town of Kungur
  Kungur
  Kungur is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the inflowing of the Iren and Shakhva Rivers into the Sylva River . Kungur was founded in 1663 and granted town status in 1781. It serves as the administrative center of Kungursky District, although it is not...
  
  
• The village of Molyobka
  Molyobka, Kishertsky District, Perm Krai
  Molyobka is a rural locality in Kishertsky District of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the bank of the Sylva River at its confluence with the Molyobka River. Population: 374 .....