Sim River

Sim River
	Oystercatcher on the Sim River in the city Asha
	Belaya River basin
Country	Chelyabinsk Oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Physical characteristics
Main source	Southern Ural Mountains; 630 m (2,070 ft)
River mouth	Belaya River
Length	239 km (149 mi)
Discharge	Average rate:; 47.9 m3/s (1,690 cu ft/s) (103 km from the mouth);
Basin features
Basin size	11,700 km2 (4,500 sq mi)

Sim River (Bashkir: Эҫем, Russian: Сим) is a river in Chelyabinsk Oblast and the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia. It is a tributary of the Belaya River, part of the Volga watershed. Its length is 239 kilometers (149 mi).

The river has its sources in the southern Ural Mountains. It first flows in a north-northwesterly direction towards the towns of Sim and Minyar, before turning towards the west and then southwest. After passing the town of Asha the Sim crosses the border of Bashkortostan and continues towards the southwest and its confluence with the Belaya.

Ignateva Cave lies on its banks.

On the Sim River. Photo by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, 1910

External links

Photos of Sim (has English version)

Coordinates: 54°29′07″N 56°26′14″E / 54.48528°N 56.43722°E / 54.48528; 56.43722

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