The Sim ( ba, Эҫем, russian: Сим) is a river in

Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city ...

and the

Republic of Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

in Russia. It is a tributary of the Belaya, part of the Volga

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

. Its length is , and its drainage basin covers .«Река СИМ»
Russian State Water Registry The river has its sources in the southern Ural Mountains. It first flows in a north-northwesterly direction towards the towns of Sim and

Minyar Minyar (russian: Минья́р) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Ashinsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the valley of the Sim River at its confluence with the Minyar River, west of Chelyabinsk, the admini ...

, before turning towards the west and then southwest. After passing the town of

Asha Asha (; also arta ; ae, 𐬀𐬴𐬀, translit=aṣ̌a/arta) is a Zoroastrian concept with a complex and highly nuanced range of meaning. It is commonly summarized in accord with its contextual implications of 'truth' and 'right(eousness)', 'ord ...

the Sim crosses the border of Bashkortostan and continues towards the southwest and its confluence with the Belaya.

Ignateva Cave Ignatievka Cave (''Ignateva cave'', ''Ignatievskaya cave'', russian: Игнатьевская пещера, also known as ''Yamazy-Tash'') is a large limestone cave on the banks of the Sim River, a tributary of the Belaya river in the southern Ur ...

lies on its banks. Gorskii 20564u

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Photos of Sim (has English version)
Rivers of Chelyabinsk Oblast Rivers of Bashkortostan {{Russia-river-stub