Yayva (river)
River in Russia
title: "Yayva (river)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-perm-krai"] description: "River in Russia" topic_path: "general/rivers-of-perm-krai" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayva_(river)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Russia ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Yayva |
| map | Kama basin.png |
| map_size | 200 |
| map_caption | Scheme of the Kama River Basin. |
| source1_location | North Ural |
| mouth | Kama Reservoir |
| progression | Kama Reservoir→ |
| length | 304 km |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| basin_size | 6,250 km2 |
| :: |
| name = Yayva | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map = Kama basin.png | map_size = 200 | map_alt = | map_caption = Scheme of the Kama River Basin. | source1_location = North Ural | mouth = Kama Reservoir | progression = Kama Reservoir→ | length = 304 km | source1_elevation = | mouth_coordinates = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = 6,250 km2 | river_system = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = The Yayva () is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, left tributary of the Kama. It is 304 km in length. The area of the basin is 6250 km2. It starts on south slope of mountain range Kvarkush, 710 m above sea level, near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast. It flows into Kama Reservoir, lower town Berezniki and opposite of settlement Oryol, forming a bay. It is a mountain river upstream with many rifts and rapids; downstream it is a flat river.
Main tributaries:
Etymology
The name of the river is a composition of the Komi-permyak words yay (meat) and va (water), so it can be translated as meat river, in the sense that it is rich with fish and animals. In some documents of the 17th century the river is called Eyva.
References
References
- "Yayva in encyclopedia of Perm Krai".
- [http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=181121 «Река ЯЙВА»], Russian State Water Registry
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