Pyshma (river)

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| image_caption = 1912 photo by Prokudin-Gorskii

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| subdivision_name1 = Russia

| length = {{convert|603|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|19700|km2|abbr=on}}

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The Pyshma ({{langx|ru|Пышма}}) is a river in Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia.{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pyshma-River | title=Pyshma River | Volga Basin, Ural Mountains, Tributary | Britannica }} It is a right tributary of the Tura. It is {{convert|603|km|mi}} long, with a drainage basin of {{convert|19700|km2}}.{{GVR|196631|Река Пышма}}

The Pyshma has its sources at {{convert|290|m|ft}} above sea level on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains, near the town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, just north of Yekaterinburg. The river flows onto the western part of the West Siberian Plain, and its confluence with the Tura River is at {{convert|46|m|ft}} above sea level, at the village of Sosonovo, some {{convert|40|km|mi}} east of Tyumen. In its lower course the river meanders heavily. Here it is around {{convert|50|m|ft}} wide and {{convert|3|m|ft|0}} deep.

The river's average discharge is {{convert|34|m3/s|cuft/s}}, with a maximum of {{convert|1300|m3/s|cuft/s}} and a minimum of {{convert|2|m3/s|cuft/s}}. Its main tributaries are, from the right: the Kunara and the Bolshaya Kalinovka, and from the left: the Reft.

The Pyshma freezes over in early November and stays frozen until the spring thaw starts in April.

The towns along the Pyshma are Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Beryozovsky, Zarechny, Sukhoy Log, and Kamyshlov

Etymology

The name comes from tatar language and means "calm".{{cite book| author = Архипова Н. П. | chapter = | chapter-url = | format = | url = | title = Окрестности Свердловска | orig-year = | agency = | edition = |location= Свердловск |date = 1968 |publisher= Сред.-Урал. кн. изд-во |volume= | pages = 149| series = | isbn = }}

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