Koyva
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The Koyva () is a river in Perm Krai in Russia, a right tributary of the Chusovaya (Kama's basin). The river is long, and its drainage basin covers . It starts on the western slope of the Ural Mountains, on the slopes of Mount Bolshaya Khmelikha. Its mouth is near the settlement Ust-Koyva, from the mouth of the Chusovaya River. It is a mountain river with many rapids and shoals.
Key facts
- River.name
- Koyva
- River.source1_location
- Ural Mountains
- River.mouth
- Chusovaya
- River.length_km
- 180
- River.basin_size_km2
- 2,250
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The Koyva () is a river in Perm Krai in Russia, a right tributary of the Chusovaya (Kama's basin). The river is long, and its drainage basin covers . It starts on the western slope of the Ural Mountains, on the slopes of Mount Bolshaya Khmelikha. Its mouth is near the settlement Ust-Koyva, from the mouth of the Chusovaya River. It is a mountain river with many rapids and shoals.
It was along the Koyva that the first ever diamonds were found in 1829 in Russia. There are urban-type settlement Tyoplaya Gora situated by the river.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Koyva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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