Sylva River

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The Sylva River (Russian: Сылва) is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Perm Krai in Russia. It is 493 km in length. The area of the basin is 19,700 km². The Sylva River flows into the Chusovoy Cove of the Kamskoye Reservoir. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Principal tributaries: Iren, Barda, Shakva. Main port: Kungur.

Every year thousands of tourists come to Kungur. The most popular routes run down the Sylva,Iren and Shakva rivers. The Sylva River flows leisurely now over a flat plateau, now across Preduraliye Nature Preserve, now past abrupt cliffs rising high into the sky. This is fossilized remnants of coral reefs left by the long-disappeared Great Permian Sea. At some places the reefs rise up to 100 metres above the level of the Sylva River. Their tops are covered with pine and fir groves.