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The Severnaya Sosva (russian: Северная Сосьва, "''Northern Sosva''”; Mansi: Та̄гт-я̄, ''Tāgt-jā'') is a river in
There are two Malaya Sosva rivers. The larger flows north to join the Northern Sosva near Igrim. The other joins the Bolshaya Sosva to form the Northern Sosva.
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra ( Russian and Mansi: Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра, ''Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug — Yugra;'' Khanty: Хӑнты-Мансийской Aвтономно� ...
, Russia
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, which drains the northern Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...
into the lower Ob. It discharges into the Malaya Ob, a branch of the Ob.Северная СосьваGreat Soviet Encyclopedia
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Geography
The river and its tributaries are basically T-shaped. The Khulga and Lyapin flow south for about parallel to the Urals while the main Northern Sosva flows about northward. The united rivers then flow east southeast about almost to the Ob near Igrim and then flow north about before joining the Ob at Beryozovo. Its headwaters are just east of the headwaters of the Pechora on the other side of the Urals and somewhat north of the headwaters of the southeast-flowingPelym
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;Urban localities
* Pelym, Ivdel, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a work settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of the city of Ivdel, Sverdlovsk Oblast
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The Severnaya Sosva is long, and the area of its basin is . The average discharge
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of the river is . It is frozen between November and April and floods (mostly snowmelt
In hydrology, snowmelt is surface runoff produced from melting snow. It can also be used to describe the period or season during which such runoff is produced. Water produced by snowmelt is an important part of the annual water cycle in many p ...
) from May to September. Like many rivers in the West Siberian Plain, it has an extensive flood plain with marshes and meanders. In spring the area near the Ob often floods. The channel width sometimes approaches and the flood plain . The river is navigable by ships in the lower region.
There are two Malaya Sosva rivers. The larger flows north to join the Northern Sosva near Igrim. The other joins the Bolshaya Sosva to form the Northern Sosva.
Trade route
There was some ill-documented Russian trade in the area before theRussian conquest of Siberia
The Russian conquest of Siberia took place in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, when the Khanate of Sibir became a loose political structure of vassalages that were being undermined by the activities of Russian explorers. Although outnumber ...
. After about 1593 the Northern Sosva was one of the main routes into Siberia (for the others, see Verkhoturye
Verkhoturye (russian: Верхоту́рье) is a historical town and the administrative center of Verkhotursky District of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the middle Ural Mountains on the left bank of the Tura River north of Yekateri ...
). The route ran from the Pechora River, up the Shchugor River, over either of two passes and down the Sosva to the Ob and the fur-rich Mangazeya region. By the late 17th century the fur trade declined and most trade shifted south to Verkhoturye and some north to the Usa.
See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
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