Izhma ( Izva , Komi Izva ) - a river in the Komi Republic , the left tributary of the Pechora River .
| Izhma | |
|---|---|
| Komi Izva | |
 Izhma river near the village of Ust-Ukhta | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 531 km |
| Pool | 31,000 km² |
| Water consumption | 203 m³ / s (154 km from the mouth) |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | Timan Ridge |
| • Height | above 197 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Pechora |
| • Location | with. Ust-Izhma |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Pechora → Barents Sea |
| A country |
|
| Region | Komi Republic |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
Geography
Length - 531 km, basin area - 31,000 km². Izhma originates in the south of the Timan Ridge, flows to the northwest. In the upper reaches the banks are covered with forest , in the lower reaches there are more meadows and swamps along the banks. The channel is winding, in the upper and middle reaches in the channel there are rapids and rocky rifts . The largest threshold - Selem-Kosyet (Heart) - is located below Sosnogorsk . From the mouth of Ukhta Izhma is navigable. In the lower reaches, Izhma expands greatly, the current weakens, the river begins to form channels , backwaters and large islands. It flows into Pechora near the village of Ust-Izhma .
The largest tributaries are Sedyu , Ukhta , Kedva (left); Ayyuva , Sabys (right).
Near the mouth of Izhma in the settlement of Pogany Nos a series of objects of the 11th – 12th centuries was found: an iron ax with a wide symmetrical blade, a spearhead, arrowheads, a chair with a bronze hilt, which belonged, presumably, to the Novgorod tribute collectors [2] .
Settlements
In the upper reaches, it flows through the village of Verkhneizhemsky , in the middle reaches, at the confluence of the Ukhta River in Izhma, the city of Sosnogorsk, which was called Izhma until 1957, is located. The city of Ukhta is located 8 kilometers from Sosnogorsk above the Ukhta River. At the mouth of the Suzu tributary on the left bank of Izhma is the village of Akim .
Water system: Pechora → Barents Sea .
Water registry data
According to the Russian State Water Register, it belongs to the Dvinsko-Pechora Basin District , the Pechora river water sector from the confluence of the Usa River to the Ust-Tsilma water meter post , the river sub-basin of the Pechora River below the Usa confluence. The river basin of the river is Pechora [3] .
The code of the object in the state water registry is 03050300112103000075588 [3] .
Hydrology
The average flow rate of 154 km from the mouth is 203 m³ / s. The food is mostly snowy. It freezes in mid-November, opens in mid-May.
The average monthly flow of water in the river (m³ / s) in the area with. Izhma (79 km from the estuary) from 1981 to 1991 [4]
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 3. The Northern Territory / ed. N.M. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1965 .-- 612 p.
- ↑ M. Makarov . “Russian North. Mysterious Middle Ages
- ↑ 1 2 State Water Register of the Russian Federation: Izhma . Archived on August 6, 2012.
- ↑ Data on arcticnet
Links
- Izhma (river in the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. (Retrieved August 31, 2009)
- Izhma, the river of the Arkhangelsk and Vologda provinces // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907. Retrieved February 22, 2009