Vishera River (Perm Krai)
The Vishera used to be part of the Cherdyn Route 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 Komi Republic and Sverdlovsk Oblast. 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 is along the upper reaches of the river.
Geography
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View of the Tulymsky Kamen mountain range from the banks of the Vishera
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Stones of the Vishera
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Poludov stone (aerial photograph) and Vishera River, Perm Krai
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Vetlan Rock, Vishera River, Perm Krai
Main tributaries
Main tributaries (from source to mouth):
- Left: Niols, Moyva, Vels, Uls, Akchim, Yazva, Vizhaikha;
- Right: Lypya, Yelma, Bolshaya Vaya, Pisanka, Govorukha, 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 Sami languages).
References
- ^ «Река ВИШЕРА», Russian State Water Registry
- ^ "Freshwater Ecoregions of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05.
External links
- Вишера, река, левобережный приток р. Кама, in Encyclopedia of Perm Krai (in Russian)
- Вишера (река в Пермской обл.), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)