Vishera River, Perm Krai
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The Vishera River is a river
in Perm Krai
, Russia
, left tributary
of the Kama River
. It is 415 km in length. The area of its basin
is 31,200 km². The Vishera River freezes up in the late October–early November and stays under the ice until the end of April. There are diamond
deposits in the basin of the Vishera River.
It is one of the most picturesque rivers of Ural.
It starts on the extreme northeast of Perm Krai, near border with Komi Republic
and Sverdlovsk Oblast
. Flows on the west foothills of Ural Mountain, representing a mountain river it the most on its length. There are many rapids and shoals in the channel and many rocks along its banks.
In upstream located Vishera Nature Reserve
.
Main Tributaries:
supposes that Vishera can mean ‘Northern River’ or ‘Midnight River’ (in Sami languages
).
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 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...
, Russia
Russia
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, left tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
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....
. It is 415 km in length. The area of its basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
is 31,200 km². The Vishera River freezes up in the late October–early November and stays under the ice until the end of April. There are diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...
deposits in the basin of the Vishera River.
It is one of the most picturesque rivers of Ural.
It starts on the extreme northeast of Perm Krai, near border with Komi Republic
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is situated to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-east of the East European Plain...
and 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:...
. Flows on the west foothills of Ural Mountain, representing a mountain river it the most on its length. There are many rapids and shoals in the channel and many rocks along its banks.
In upstream located Vishera Nature Reserve
Vishera Nature Reserve
Vishera – is a nature reserve in Perm Krai, Russia. Area is 2,412 sq. km, more than 75% of which covered by forest. Main river is Vishera, that flow through nature reserve about 130 km.- Geography :...
.
Main Tributaries:
- Left: Moiva, VelsVels RiverVels River is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of Vishera River. It is 113 km in length. Area of drainage basin is 1,490 km². It starts on the east slope of mount Isherim, on area of Vishera Nature Reserve. Mouth is located near settlement Vels.It is a mountain river with...
, UlsUls RiverUls is river in Perm Krai, Russia, left tributary of Vishera River. It is 89 km in length. Area of drainage basin is 2,190 km². It starts on the border of Perm Krai and Sverdlovsk Oblast...
, Akchim, YazvaYazva RiverYazva – is a river in Perm Krai, Russia. Left tributary of Vishera River. Flows through south part of Krasnovishersky District. Flows into Vishera lower the town Krasnovishersk, in 73 km of its confluence with Kama river....
, Vizhaikha; - Right: Lopya, Lypya, KolvaKolva River, Perm KraiKolva River is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, right tributary of the Vishera River of the Kama basin. The length of the river is . The area of its basin . It starts on southeastern slope of mount Kolvinsky Kamen, in northeastern portion of Perm Krai, near the border with Komi Republic...
.
Etymology
Komi people call the river ‘Viser’ but they have no idea what does it mean. Experts in Komi language noticed that this element is also in names of other rivers in Ural. A. K. MatveyevAleksandr Matveyev
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Matveyev was a Russian linguist known for his works in toponymics , onomastics , and etymology .-Biography:...
supposes that Vishera can mean ‘Northern River’ or ‘Midnight River’ (in Sami languages
Sami languages
Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently and erroneously believed to be a single language. Several names are used for the Sami...
).