Pelym | |
Map: | Tobol river 2 layers en.svg |
Map Size: | 200 |
Mouth Coordinates: | 59.6256°N 63.0758°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Federal subject |
Length: | 707km (439miles) |
Basin Size: | 15200km2 |
The Pelym (Russian: Пелым) or Bolshoy Pelym (Russian: Большой Пелым) is a river in the far north of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Tavda, and is 707km (439miles) long, with a drainage basin of 15200km2.
The Pelym has its sources on the eastern slopes of the northern Ural Mountains and flows from there over wooded areas of the West Siberian Plain. The river is frozen over from October to April.
It is navigable on the lower 245km (152miles).