The Sylva () is a
river
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in
Sverdlovsk Oblast and
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 re ...
in
Russia
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. It is in length.
The
area
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of the
basin is .
The Sylva flows into the Chusovoy
Cove
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of the
Kama Reservoir. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Principal tributaries:
Iren,
Babka
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,
Irgina
The Irgina (russian: Иргина) is a river in Perm Krai and Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Sylva, which in turn is a tributary of the Chusovaya. The river is long, with a drainage basin
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,
Vogulka
The Vogulka (russian: Вогулка) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of Sylva which in turn is a tributary of Chusovaya. The river is long, and its drainage basin
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(left);
Barda,
Shakva (right).
Main port:
Kungur
Kungur (russian: Кунгу́р) is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the confluence of the rivers Iren and Shakva with the Sylva ( Kama's basin). Population: 64,800 (1959); 36,000 (1939).
His ...
.
Every year hundreds of tourists come to Kungur, through routes down the Sylva, Iren and Shakva rivers. The Sylva River flows leisurely over a flat plateau, across Preduraliye Nature Preserve, and past abrupt cliffs, fossilized remnants of coral reefs left by the long-disappeared
Great Permian Sea
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, which at some places rise up to above the level of the river, covered with pine and fir groves.
Inhabited localities
*The town of
Kungur
Kungur (russian: Кунгу́р) is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the confluence of the rivers Iren and Shakva with the Sylva ( Kama's basin). Population: 64,800 (1959); 36,000 (1939).
His ...
*The urban-type settlement of
Suksun
*The village of
Molyobka
References
*
Rivers of Perm Krai
Rivers of Sverdlovsk Oblast
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