Kosva River

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Position of KOSWA ( Косьва ) in the catchment area of the Kama

The KOSWA (Russian Косьва ) is a left tributary of the Kama in the Perm region and in the Sverdlovsk Oblast.

It rises south of the Koswinski Kamen in the Middle Urals in Sverdlovsk Oblast. It first flows in a northerly direction through the Urals. Above the mouth of the river is called Typil also Bolschaja KOSWA ( " Great KOSWA "). Subsequently, the KOSWA turns to the south, and later she leaves the Urals in a southwesterly direction. It flows through the Schirokowskoje Reservoir and the city Gubakha. It sets its course continued in a westerly direction and reached after 283 km an eastern bay of the Kama Reservoir. The KOSWA drains an area of 6300 km ². Between November and the end of April KOSWA is covered with ice. The average discharge 11 km above the mouth is 90 m³ / s