Yayva (river)
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The Yayva (russian: Яйва) is a
river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in
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, left tributary of the
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.Yayva in encyclopedia of Perm Krai
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of the basin is .«Река ЯЙВА»
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It starts on south slope of mountain range
Kvarkush Kvarkush (russian: Кваркуш) is a mountain range in North Ural, in Perm Krai, Russia. It is located in the basin of the Vishera River, between the Uls River and upstream of the Yayva River. Its highland swamps are the source of many rivers ...
, 710 m above sea level, near the border with
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. It flows into
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, lower town
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and opposite of settlement Oryol, forming a bay. It is a mountain river upstream with many rifts and rapids; downstream it is a flat river. Main tributaries: *Left: Kad, Chikman, Chanva, Vilva, Usolka; *Right: Ulvich, Ik.


Etymology

The name of the river is a composition of the Komi-permyak words ''yay'' (meat) and ''va'' (water), so it can be translated as ''meat river'', in the sense that it is rich with fish and animals. In some documents of the 17th century the river is called ''Eyva''.


References

{{Reflist Rivers of Perm Krai