Piusa River
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Key facts
- Countries
- Estonia Russia
- Location
- Plaani Külajärv
- Elevation
- 244 m (801 ft)
- Mouth
- Lake Peipus (Pihkva)
- Length
- 109 km (68 mi)
- Basin size
- 796 km (307 sq mi)
- Average
- 5.5–6.0 m /s (190–210 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- ‹See Tfd› Lake Peipus → ‹See Tfd› Narva → Gulf of Finland
- Right
- Pelska
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Härma mäemine müür.JPG
- Length
- 103.5
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- Piusa River
- watershed area
- 796
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The Piusa (Russian: Пиуза Piuza or Пимжа Pimzha) is a river in southeastern Estonia and, for the last 14 km before draining into Lake Pihkva, in Pskov Oblast, Russia. For a 17 km section near Pechory, the Piusa is the border river between Estonia and Russia.
The Piusa has the greatest drop of all Estonian rivers (214 metres) and in the past there were 39 watermills on the river.