Usva River
Encyclopedia
The Usva River is a river
in Perm Krai
in Russia
, right tributary of the Chusovaya River (Kama
's basin). The length of the river is 266 km. The area of its drainage basin
is 6,170 km².
The Usva freezes up in November and remains icebound until late April - early May. This is lowland river in the most of its flow, except upstreams with many rocks and rapids. Banks are steep and rocky, covered with forests.
Usva crosses Basegi range
with top North Baseg (951 m). There are 7 localities on banks of river and some abandoned villages. The town of Chusovoy
is located at the confluence of the Usva and the Chusovaya Rivers.
Main tributaries:
words ‘usyny’ (to fall) and ‘va’ (water), then, it can be translated as ‘falling water’ .
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in Perm Krai
Perm Krai
Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, right tributary of the Chusovaya River (Kama
Kama
Kāma is often translated from Sanskrit as sexual desire, sexual pleasure, sensual gratification, sexual fulfillment, or eros54654564+more broadly mean desire, wish, passion, longing, pleasure of the senses, the aesthetic enjoyment of life, affection, or love, without sexual connotations.-Kama in...
's basin). The length of the river is 266 km. The area of its drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
is 6,170 km².
The Usva freezes up in November and remains icebound until late April - early May. This is lowland river in the most of its flow, except upstreams with many rocks and rapids. Banks are steep and rocky, covered with forests.
Usva crosses Basegi range
Basegi (Range)
Basegi is a mountain range in Middle Ural. Located in eastern portion of Perm Krai, on the border between Gremyachinsky and Gornozavodsky districts. It stretches meridionally. Its length is about 32 km, width is 5 km...
with top North Baseg (951 m). There are 7 localities on banks of river and some abandoned villages. The town of Chusovoy
Chusovoy
Chusovoy is a town in Perm Krai, Russia, located east of Perm, at the confluence of the Usva and Vilva Rivers with the Chusovaya River. Population: -History and economy:...
is located at the confluence of the Usva and the Chusovaya Rivers.
Main tributaries:
- Left: VilvaVilva RiverVilva River is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, left tributary of Usva River. It starts on west foothills of Ural, near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast. Flows to west and southwest. Flows into Usva in 4 km of its mouth, on area of town Chusovoy. The length of the river is 170 km...
, Bolshaya Hariusnaya, Malaya Hariusnaya, Porozhnaya; - Right: Suriya, Berezovka, Persha, Tulumovka.
Etymology
The most believable explanation of name is that it is composition of Komi-PermyakKomi-Permyak language
Komi-Permyak language is one of two regional varieties of the pluricentrical Komi language, the other variety being Komi-Zyrian.Komi is a Uralic language closely related to Udmurt....
words ‘usyny’ (to fall) and ‘va’ (water), then, it can be translated as ‘falling water’ .