- Vym River
Infobox River | river_name = Vym River
caption = The Vym 20 km from its mouth
origin =Timan Ridge
mouth =Vychegda River
basin_countries = Komi Republic,Russia
length = 499 km
elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 25,600 km²The Vym River ( _ru. Вымь) is a river in the Komi Republic,
Russia . It is atributary of theVychegda River in the basin ofNorthern Dvina . It's length is 499 km, and itsdrainage basin 25,600 km². Average discharge is 196 m³/s.The Vym has its sources in the southern foothills of the
Timan Ridge . It runs towards the south, through a flat taiga landscape of coniferous forests and bogs. In the upper reaches of the river there are stetches of rapids. It joins the Vychegda at the settlement ofUst-Vym . The river is used for floating of timber, 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.
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