Chanva River

Chanva River
Physical characteristics
Main source Middle Ural
River mouth Yayva River
Length 70 km (43 mi)
Basin features
Basin size 733 km2 (283 sq mi)

Chanva (Russian: Чаньва) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a left tributary of Yayva River. It is 70 kilometres (43 mi) long. The area of its drainage basin is 733 square kilometres (283 sq mi). It begins at the confluence of rivers Tsenva and Rassokha, on the north slope of mountain range Belyi Spoi. It is a mountain river with significant changes of elevation between source and mouth. It flows in a deep rocky valley. The mouth is downstream of the settlement Verh-Yayva. The most important of its tributaries, all small, are:

  • Left: Kospash, Kostanok, Vetos, Stepanovka;
  • Right: Anyusha, Berezovka.

Sources

  • Пермская область. Коми-Пермяцкий автономный округ: общегеогр. регион. атлас: сост. по состоянию на 1985-1997 гг.: масштаб 1:200000 : планы городов: Перми (1:50000), Кудымкара (1:20000) / ЦЭВКФ; ред. Ю. Кузнецов, Д. Трушин. 1-е изд. М.: ВТУ ГШ, 2000. 128 с.
  • Ресурсы поверхностных вод СССР. Гидрологическая изученность. Т. 2: Средний Урал и Приуралье. Вып. 1: Кама / под ред. В. В. Николаенко. Л.: Гидрометеоиздат, 1966. 324 с., С. 69


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