Vishera River (Perm Krai)
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The Vishera (russian: Вишера) is a river in Perm Krai,
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, a left bank tributary of the Kama. 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 ...
. 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

Vishera.jpg, View of the
Tulymsky Kamen Tulymsky Kamen (russian: Тулымский камень) is a mountain range in North Ural. Located in northeastern portion of Krasnovishersky District, Perm Krai, Russia, the range stretches about 24 km north–south. At 1,496 m elevation, ...
mountain range from the banks of the Vishera р. Вишера (Пермский край) 2.JPG, Stones of the Vishera Камень Полюд и Вишера.jpg, Poludov stone (aerial photograph) and Vishera River, Perm Krai Ветлан, река Вишера, Пермский край.jpg, Vetlan Rock, Vishera River, Perm Krai


Main tributaries

Main tributaries (from source to mouth): * Left:
Niols The Niols (russian: Ниолс) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Vishera, which in turn is a tributary of the Kama. The river is long. The source is located on the slope of the Urals The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, У ...
,
Moyva The Moyva (russian: Мойва) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Vishera. It is long,Vels In the state of Victoria, Australia, the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) is the curriculum framework for Preparatory to Year 10 school levels, which replaced the Curriculum and Standards Framework II (CSF 2) in 2006. Students startin ...
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Uls The Uls (russian: Улс) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of the Vishera. The river is long, and its drainage basin is . It starts near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast. Its mouth is near the village of Ust-Uls, from Vishera's ...
, Akchim,
Yazva The Yazva (Russian: Я́зьва; Komi: ) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Vishera. It flows through the south part of the Krasnovishersky District and enters the Vishera downstream of the town of Krasnovishersk, ...
, Vizhaikha; * Right:
Lypya The Lypya (russian: Лыпья) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a right tributary of the Vishera, which in turn is a tributary of the Kama. The river is long, and the area of its drainage basin is . It starts in the extreme north of the krai, nea ...
,
Yelma The Yelma (russian: Елма) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a right tributary of the Vishera, which in turn is a tributary of the Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit ) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature.Moni ...
,
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 The Govorukha (russian: Говоруха) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a right tributary of the Vishera, which in turn is a tributary of the Kama. The river is long with a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flo ...
, 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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