Pizhma River (Vyatka basin)

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The Pischma (Russian Пижма ) is a 305 km long right tributary of the Volga Vyatka north region in the European part of Russia.

Course

The Pischma rises in the extreme north-east of Nizhny Novgorod, about 20 km southeast of the city Schachunja in about 160 m altitude. They first flows north, then east, before she turns to the achievement of the Kirov Oblast to the southeast. At about 30 km, it marks the Oblastgrenze. On the last good 100 km Pischma flows in an easterly direction. Throughout it meanders strong. The river flows directly beneath the small town Sowetsk in two arms forming the river island Bobylski, in 77 m height in the Vyatka.

The most important tributaries of the Pischma are Oschma, Jaran, Isch (not to be confused with the tributary of the Kama ) and Njomda (not to be confused with the tributary of the Volga) from the right and left of Juma.

Hydrographic

The catchment area of ​​14,660 km ² comprises Pischma. Above the mouth of arms the river reaches a width of about 200 meters, after he has just 2.5 km previously recorded the significant inflow Njomda; The flow rate is in this case 0.2 m / s

The Pischma freezes between mid-November and the second half of April. The water flow is the annual average 90 m³ / s

Infrastructure and economy

The Pischma is navigable for 132 km from a road bridge near the urban-type settlement Tuscha. Here crossing the Vyatka Highway, which runs from Cheboksary on the Volga River about Oblastverwaltungszentrum Kirov to Syktyvkar, the capital of the Republic of Komi, the river.

The only larger towns on the river are the urban-type settlement Tonschajewo at the headwaters and the city Sowjetsk on the lower reaches. In each case, only a few kilometers away, however, the urban settlements or Rajonverwaltungszentren Pischma, Tuscha and Arbasch. The upper reaches of the Pischma is twice of the railway line Moscow - crosses Kotelnich, for some years the main route of the Trans-Siberian Railway passenger - Nizhny Novgorod. In estuaries near meet the regional road that leads right down on Wjatkaufer Urzhum and Malmysch after Vyatskie Polyany, the river.

In sparsely populated and heavily wooded area on the upper reaches of the river, on the territory of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, forestry plays a major role. Downstream, the proportion of agricultural areas.