The Vishera (russian: Вишера) 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 ...

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, a

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tributary of the

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. It is long, and its

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covers .«Река ВИШЕРА»
Russian State Water Registry The Vishera freezes in late October or early November and stays under the ice until the end of April. There are

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deposits in the basin of the Vishera. The Vishera used to be part of the

Cherdyn Route The Cherdyn Road (Чердынская дорога) or Vishera Road (Вишерская дорога) was the standard route used by the Russians to travel to Siberia in the late 16th century. It started in Cherdyn west of the Urals and followed ...

and is still considered one of the most picturesque rivers of the Urals. It starts on the extreme northeast of Perm Krai, near the border with the

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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 ...

. It flows on the west foothills of Ural Mountains and is a mountain river for most of its length. There are many rapids and shoals in the channel and many rocks along its banks. The

Vishera Nature Reserve Vishera Nature Reserve (russian: Вишерский заповедник) (also Vishersky) is a Russian ''zapovednik'' (strict nature reserve) in the middle latitudes of the Ural Mountains in Perm Krai, Russia. It covers an area of 2,412 km2, ...

is along the upper reaches of the river.

Geography

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Main tributaries

Main tributaries (from source to mouth): * Left: Niols, Moyva,

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, Uls,

Akchim The Akchim (russian: Акчим) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Vishera Vishera may refer to: * Vishera FX-series CPU, codename for a line of CPU by AMD * Vishera Nature Reserve, in Perm Krai, Russia * Malaya Vishera ...

, Yazva, Vizhaikha; * Right: Lypya, Yelma,

Bolshaya Vaya The Bolshaya Vaya (russian: Большая Вая) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a right tributary of Vishera which in turn is a tributary of Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit ) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh lite ...

, Pisanka, Govorukha, Kolva.

Etymology

Komi people call the river ''Viser''. Experts in the Komi language noticed that this element is also in names of other rivers in Ural. A. K. Matveyev supposes that Vishera can mean ''Northern River'' or ''Midnight River'' (in

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References

External links

Вишера, река, левобережный приток р. Кама
in Encyclopedia of Perm Krai

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