| Kosva | |
| Map: | Kama basin.png |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Source1 Location: | North Ural |
| Mouth: | Kama Reservoir |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
| Progression: | Kama Reservoir→ |
| Length: | 283km (176miles) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 58.8936°N 56.6297°W |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 90m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 6300km2 |
The Kosva (Russian: Ко́сьва) is a river in Perm Krai and Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Kama. It is 283km (176miles) long, with a drainage basin of 6300km2.[1] The river starts in the western portion of Sverdlovsk Oblast at the confluence of the Bolshaya Kosva (Large Kosva), flowing from the Pravdinsky Rock, and the Malaya Kosva (Small Kosva), flowing from the southern slope of the Kosvinsky Rock. It flows towards the west, and ends up in a bay of the Kama Reservoir. The Kosva is a mountain river with many waterfalls and rapids, among them the 60NaN0 long Tulymsky Falls. In the middle parts of the river lies the Shirokovskaya hydroelectric power plant with Shirokovskoe Reservoir. The town of Gubakha is situated by the Kosva.
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