Upper Kama Upland () is an elevation in the headwaters of

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and Cheptsa rivers, located on the area of

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and

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, Russia. On the east slopes start such right tributaries of Kama River as Kosa, Inva and

Obva The Obva (Russian: Обва) – is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, a right tributary of the Kama. It starts in the Upper Kama Upland, in the west part of Sivinsky District, near the border of Kirov oblast. It flows into Kama Reservoir, from the ...

; on the other side of the watershed is the source of Kama. The height of the relief in the most elevated part of the upland reaches 300–335 m (highest point in mount Krasnoyar (Kirov Oblast'), 337 m). Average elevations are 240–280 m. The upland has a

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: Dfc, bordering on Dfb). The average temperature for January is about -15-16°C, for July is about +16+17°C, and the annual temperature is about 0+1°C. The annual precipitation is 550–650 mm. There are oil reserves in the depths of upland: the largest fields are Krasnokamsk and Mishkinskoye. Considerable reserves of peat. Most of the upland is covered by coniferous forests. The most important settlements are Afanasyevo, Karsovaj, Kuliga, Omutninsk, Severny Kommunar, Siva.

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Upper Kama Upland in Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Plateaus of Russia Landforms of Perm Krai Landforms of Kirov Oblast Landforms of Udmurtia {{volga-geo-stub

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