Kyma (Mesen)

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Kyma
Кыма
Data
Water code RU :  03030000112103000045487
location Arkhangelsk Oblast ( Russia )
River system Mesen
Drain over Mesen  → White Sea
source Timan back
65 ° 7 ′ 28 ″  N , 48 ° 32 ′ 37 ″  E
muzzle In the Mesen coordinates: 64 ° 50 ′ 29 "  N , 47 ° 31 ′ 14"  E 64 ° 50 ′ 29 "  N , 47 ° 31 ′ 14"  E

length 219 km
Catchment area 2630 km²
Left tributaries Tscholus , Sesja , Bolshaya Wisenga
Right tributaries Lopija
Location of the Kyma in the Mesen catchment area

Location of the Kyma in the Mesen catchment area

The Kyma ( Russian Кыма ) is a right tributary of the Mesen in the Arkhangelsk Oblast in north-western Russia .

The Kyma rises on the western flank of the Timan ridge . It flows northwest first, but then turns south before meeting the Mesen. Its main tributaries are Lopija from the right, and the Cholus , Sesja and Bolshaya Wisenga from the left. The valley of the Kyma is largely uninhabited. There are only three villages on the lower reaches and at the mouth.

The Kyma has a length of 219 km. It has a catchment area of ​​2630 km². It is mainly fed by the snowmelt.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Article Kyma in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D067996~2a%3DKyma~2b%3DKyma
  2. ↑ a b Kyma in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)