Piusa River

The Piusa in a circle Võru

The Piusa (Estonian Piusa yogi also: Pimža Jogi Russian Пиуза, Пимжа Piusa, Pimscha ) is a river in south-western Estonia and the Russian Pskov Oblast.

The river rises in Plaani, community Haanja in a circle Võru. Its length is 109 km. In a section of 17 km is in Pechory Estonia's border with the Russian Federation. After another 14 km, it flows on the Russian side in the southern part of Lake Peipsi, the Pskov lake.

The catchment area of ​​Piusa covers 796 km ², of which 508 km ² are on Estonian territory. Your gradient of 212 m is the highest of all Estonian rivers, its average discharge is 5.5-6 m³ / s

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• Detailed description ( Estonian)