Kama (river)

Dams and reservoirs

The Kama is dammed at several locations:

• At Perm, by the dam of the Kama Hydroelectric Station, forming the Kama Reservoir;
• At Chaykovsky, by the dam of the Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station, forming the Votkinsk Reservoir;
• At Naberezhnye Chelny, by the dam of the Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station, forming the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir.

Tributaries

The largest tributaries of the Kama are, from source to mouth:

• Veslyana (left)
• Kosa (right)
• South Keltma (left)
• Vishera (left)
• Yayva (left)
• Inva (right)
• Kosva (left)
• Obva (right)
• Chusovaya (left)
• Tulva (left)
• Siva (right)
• Buy (left)
• Belaya (left)
• Izh (right)
• Ik (left)
• Toyma (right)
• Zay (left)
• Vyatka (right)
• Sheshma (left)
• Myosha (right)

Gallery

Image:W W Chusovaya Kama crossing.png|Crossing of the rivers Chusovaya (tributary) and Kama Image:Kama yelabuga.jpg|View in Yelabuga Image:Prokudin-Gorskii-25.jpg|A Russian truss bridge by Lavr Proskuryakov. Early colour photograph, taken ca. 1912.

Volga or Kama

Even today, disputes over the primacy of the rivers continue: Volga or Kama? Scientific facts say that the Volga flows into the Kama, and not vice versa. The confluence of the Volga and the Kama has exactly the same water content (Volga: 3,500 m3/s; Kama: 4,100 m3/s). The source of the Volga (228 m) is below the source of the Kama (331 m), which is the main factor in determining the superiority of any river. Compared to the Kama basin (507,000 km2), the Volga has a larger basin (604,000 km2). More rivers flow into the Kama than the Volga. Experts have proven that the valley of the Kama River is more ancient than the Volga River valley. In other words, at the time of the existence of the ancient Kama, also known as the Paleo-Kama, there was no Volga. Later, geological changes caused the Volga to join the Kama at right angles. Also looking at the map, we can understand that the confluence of the Kama and the Volga is the continuation of the Kama canal. The bed of the Kama is lower, so the Volga clearly flows into the Kama.

References

References

1. "Definition of Kama River in English". Oxford University Press.
2. [http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=179751 «Река КАМА»], Russian State Water Registry
3. (2019). "The Kama River is the main tributary of the Volga. Description, characteristics, map, photo, video of the Kama river-The origin of the word Kama".