The Vym (russian: Вымь, ''Vym; Komi: Емва, ''Emva'') is a river in the

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of the ...

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. It is a

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of the

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in the basin of the

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. It is long, and its

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covers . Its average discharge is . The Vym has its sources in the southern

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s of the

Timan Ridge The Timan Ridge (russian: Тиманский кряж – ''Timansky Kryazh'') is a highland in the far north of European Russia. Most of the Timan Ridge is situated in the Komi Republic, but the northernmost part is in Nenets Autonomous Okrug a ...

. It runs towards the south, through a flat

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landscape of

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s and bogs. In the upper reaches of the river there are stretches of rapids. It joins the Vychegda at the settlement of Ust-Vym. The river is used for floating of

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and wood products, and it is navigable on its lower reaches. Its main tributaries are, from the right: Vorykva, Edva, Pozheg and Chub, and from the left: Koin and Veslyana.

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