The Kosva (russian: Ко́сьва) is a river in

Perm Krai Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...

and

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, a left

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit ) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature.Monier Williamsकाम, kāmaMonier-Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary, pp 271, see 3rd column Kama often connotes sensual pleasure, sexual ...

. It is long, with a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

of .«Река КОСЬВА»
Russian State Water Registry The river starts in the western portion of Sverdlovsk Oblast at the confluence of

Bolshaya Kosva Bolshaya (Russian language for "big") may refer to: * Bolshaya, Arkhangelsk, a village * Bolshaya chistka, "Great Purge", the 1936–1938 Soviet purge * Bolshaya Izhora, an urban locality in the Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast * Bolsha ...

(Large Kosva), flowing from the

Pravdinsky Rock Pravdinsky (masculine), Pravdinskaya (feminine), or Pravdinskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Pravdinsky District, a district of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia *Pravdinsky Urban Okrug, a municipal formation into which Pravdinsky District in Kaliningrad Obl ...

, and

Malaya Kosva Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...

(Small Kosva), flowing from the southern slope of the

Kosvinsky Rock Mount Kosvinsky Kamen, Kosvinsky Mountain, Kosvinski Mountain, Kosvinsky Rock or Rostesnoy Rock (russian: Косвинский камень, Косьвинский камень, Ростесной камень) is a mountain in the northern Ura ...

. It flows towards the west, and ends up in a bay of the

Kama Reservoir The Kama Reservoir, also known as the Perm Reservoir (russian: Камское водохранилище, Пермское водохранилище), is a reservoir formed by the dam of the Kama Hydroelectric Station near Perm (constructed in ...

. The Kosva is a mountain river with many waterfalls and rapids, among them the long Tulymsky Falls. In the middle parts of the river lies the Shirokovskaya hydroelectric power plant with Shirokovskoe Reservoir. The town of

Gubakha Gubakha (russian: Губа́ха) is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located on the Kosva River (Kama's tributary) northeast of Perm. Population: History Gubakha arose in 1755 due to the discovery of iron ore in Krestovaya mountain. The village ...

is situated by the Kosva. Main tributaries: *Left: Kyrya; *Right: Tylay, Typyl, Nyar, Nyur, Pozhva

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External links

Kosva in Great Soviet EncyclopediaKosva in encyclopedia of Perm Krai
Rivers of Perm Krai Rivers of Sverdlovsk Oblast