The Inva (
Russian: Иньва) is a river in
Perm Krai
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,
Russia
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, a right tributary of the river
Kama
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.
[Inva in encyclopedia of Perm Krai]
/ref> It begins in the Upper Kama Upland near the border of Kirov oblast
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then flows through Komi-Permyak Okrug and into Kama Reservoir
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, forming Invensky Bay. The main tributaries are Velva and Kuva (left), Yusva (right).
The river is long with a drainage basin
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of .[«Река ИНЬВА»]
Russian State Water Registry It is frozen from early November to late April. The town of Kudymkar is along the Inva River.
Etymology
The name of the river is formed from the Komi-Permyak words “инь” (woman) and “ва” (water), which can be translated as “female water”.
References
External links
Inva in Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Rivers of Perm Krai
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