Sylva (river)

The Sylva (Russian: Сылва) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Perm Krai in Russia. It is 493 kilometres (306 mi) in length.[1] The area of the basin is 19,700 square kilometres (7,600 sq mi).[2] The Sylva flows into the Chusovoy Cove of the Kama Reservoir. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Principal tributaries: Iren, Babka, Irgina, Vogulka (left); Barda, Shakva (right).[2] Main port: Kungur.

Sylva
River Sylva in the Urals
Scheme of the Kama River Basin.
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Middle Urals
Mouth
• location	Chusovaya
• coordinates	58°06′28″N 56°38′16″E
Length	493 km (306 mi)
Basin size	19,700 km2 (7,600 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	139 m3/s (4,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Chusovaya→ Kama→ Volga→ Caspian Sea

Every year hundreds of tourists come to Kungur, through routes down the Sylva, Iren and Shakva rivers. The Sylva River flows leisurely over a flat plateau, across Preduraliye Nature Preserve, and past abrupt cliffs, fossilized remnants of coral reefs left by the long-disappeared Great Permian Sea, which at some places rise up to 100 metres (330 ft) above the level of the river, covered with pine and fir groves.