Pyshma (river)
The Pyshma is a river in Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Tura. It is long, with a drainage basin of.
The Pyshma has its sources at above sea level on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains, near the town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, just north of Yekaterinburg. The river flows onto the western part of the West Siberian Plain, and its confluence with the Tura River is at above sea level, at the village of Sosonovo, some east of Tyumen. In its lower course the river meanders heavily. Here it is around wide and deep.
The river's average discharge is, with a maximum of and a minimum of. Its main tributaries are, from the right: the Kunara and the Bolshaya Kalinovka, and from the left: the Reft.
The Pyshma freezes over in early November and stays frozen until the spring thaw starts in April.
There are 3 reservoirs on the river, including Beloyarsk reservoir, on the shore of which Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station is located.
The towns along the Pyshma are Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Beryozovsky, Zarechny, Sukhoy Log, and Kamyshlov
The Pripyshminskiye Bory National Park is located in the river valley.