Kama is the most important tributary of the Volga.Its source is located on a small hill Verkhnekamskaya Udmurt villages Kulig above sea level to 330 meters.The length of the river is 1805 km.According to one interpretation, the name of the river translated from Udmurt - "Kema" - stands for "long."River basin as a significant and equal to 507 thousand square kilometers.
most interesting tributary
Starting in Udmurtia, it flows through the territories of several regions and republics, and, as it combines the Kirov Region, Perm, Bashkortostan and Tatarstan.
River Kama throughout changes its direction of bed several times.In the upper moving in a northwesterly direction and then it turns to the northeast.Near the village of Leuna makes a sharp turn to the south.Abounding become after merging with Pilv, and a left tributary of the Kama river - Vishera - turns it into a wide deep river.
at the confluence of the Volga, in what is now Kuibyshev reservoir, Kama ran parallel to the longest river in Europe, and separated from it by a rocky ridge.At this moment no mouth.The width of the Kuibyshev reservoir at the confluence of two major rivers is 40 km away.
river feeds mainly snow, rain and groundwater.Freeze-up begins with the upper reaches of the river in the beginning of November and lasts until April.When freezing a large volume of frazil ice.Spring break-up may take from several days to 15 days.
Kama Reservoir
Kama River dams is partitioned several times, and in these areas formed the three big pond.Kama Reservoir arose at the confluence of the right tributary Urolki.Its length - almost 350 kilometers long and reaches a width of 14 kilometers, at the maximum depth - 30 meters.Kama hydroelectric dam located in Perm.
hydroelectric dam at the Votkinsk Votkinsk reservoir forms.With a length of 365 km of its width is equal to 9 km and the greatest depth - 29 meters.
Near the city of Naberezhnye Chelny Kama River blocked by another dam, which forms Reservoir Nizhnekamsk.Its width is 20 km, and the length - almost 185 km.The maximum depth is 22 meters in elevation.
Created on mighty Ural river hydroelectric almost 1.5 times reduced the speed of its flow.Even the shade of the water has changed: it became darker and considerably different from the Volga.
human use of the river
Kama River from the Kuibyshev reservoir - the confluence of the Volga - from the city of Solikamsk is navigable.60 km upstream of the city is located Kerchevo village, which was once the world's largest lesoplotochnym raid.But he was back in 1995 stopped its work.
from Perm on the waterways can be reached not only in Astrakhan or Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow.
Kama river, famous for the beauty of its picturesque beaches, attracts a lot of tourists who want not only to admire its splendor, but also enjoy the nature.Very popular are water, hiking, skiing and horse hiking trails.In the upper reaches of the Kama used for sport fishing.In connection with this very relevant is the question of reduction of water pollution of the river by industrial effluents.
