Piusa | |
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Härma wall on Piusa |
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Origin | Plaani Külajärv |
Mouth | Lake Pihkva |
Basin countries | Estonia, Russia |
Length | 109 km |
Source elevation | 244 m |
Mouth elevation | 30 m |
Avg. discharge | 5.5-6.0 m³/s |
Basin area | 796 km² |
Piusa (Russian: Пиуза, Пимжа) is a river in Southeastern Estonia and, for the last 14 km before draining into Lake Pihkva, in Pskov Oblast, Russia. For a 17-km-long section near Pechory Piusa is the border river between Estonia and the Russian Federation[1].
Piusa has the greatest drop of all Estonian rivers (214 meters).[2]