Kosva

For the village in Perm Krai, Russia, see Kosva, Perm Krai.

Kosva
Scheme of the Kama River Basin.
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	North Ural
Mouth	Kama Reservoir
• coordinates	58°53′37″N 56°37′47″E
Length	283 km (176 mi)
Basin size	6,300 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	90 m3/s (3,200 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Kama Reservoir→ Kama→ Volga→ Caspian Sea

The Kosva (Russian: Ко́сьва) is a river in Perm Krai and Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Kama. It is 283 kilometres (176 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 6,300 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi).

The river starts in the western portion of Sverdlovsk Oblast at the confluence of the Bolshaya Kosva (Large Kosva), flowing from the Pravdinsky Rock, and the Malaya Kosva (Small Kosva), flowing from the southern slope of the Kosvinsky Rock. It flows towards the west, and ends up in a bay of the Kama Reservoir. The Kosva is a mountain river with many waterfalls and rapids, among them the 6-kilometre (4 mi) long Tulymsky Falls. In the middle parts of the river lies the Shirokovskaya hydroelectric power plant with Shirokovskoe Reservoir. The town of Gubakha is situated by the Kosva.

Main tributaries:

• Left: Kyrya;
• Right: Tylay, Typyl, Nyar, Nyur, Pozhva

External links

• Kosva in Great Soviet Encyclopedia
• Kosva in encyclopedia of Perm Krai Archived 2012-09-12 at the Wayback Machine