The Vym River is a river

River

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 in the Komi Republic

Komi

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, Russia

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. It is a tributary

Tributary

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 of the Vychegda River

Vychegda River

Vychegda is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. Its length is about . Its source is approximately west of the northern Ural Mountains. It flows roughly in western direction, through Komi Republic and Arkhangelsk Oblast. The largest city along the Vychegda is...

 in the basin of Northern Dvina

Northern Dvina

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. Its length is 499 km, and its drainage basin

Drainage basin

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 25,600 km². Average discharge is 196 m³/s.

The Vym has its sources in the southern foothills of the Timan Ridge

Timan Ridge

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. It runs towards the south, through a flat taiga

Taiga

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 landscape of coniferous forests and bog

Bog

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s. In the upper reaches of the river there are stetches of rapids. It joins the Vychegda at the settlement of Ust-Vym. The river is used for floating of timber

Timber

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and wood products, and it is navigable on its lower reaches.

Its main tributaries is, from the right: Vorykva, Edva, Pozheg and Chub, and from the left: Koin and Veslyana.