The Piusa ( ''Piuza'' or ''Pimzha'') is a river in southeastern

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and, for the last 14 km before draining into Lake Pihkva, in

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. For a 17 km section near

Pechory Pechory (; Estonian and Seto: ') is a town and the administrative centre of Pechorsky District in the Pskov Oblast, Russia. Its population in the 2010 Census was 11,195, having fallen from 13,056 recorded in the 2002 Census and& ...

, the Piusa is the border river between Estonia and Russia. The Piusa has the greatest drop of all Estonian rivers (214 metres).

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Landforms of Põlva County Rivers of Estonia Rivers of Pskov Oblast Landforms of Võru County International rivers of Europe Estonia–Russia border Border rivers {{Russia-river-stub

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