| Pyshma | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Length: | 603km (375miles) |
| Basin Size: | 19700km2 |
| Map: | Tura_watershed_2_layers_en.svg |
The Pyshma (Russian: Пышма) is a river in Sverdlovsk and Tyumen Oblasts of Russia.[1] It is a right tributary of the Tura. It is 603km (375miles) long, with a drainage basin of .
The Pyshma has its sources at 290m (950feet) 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 46m (151feet) above sea level, at the village of Sosonovo, some 40km (30miles) east of Tyumen. In its lower course the river meanders heavily. Here it is around 50m (160feet) wide and 3m (10feet) deep.
The river's average discharge is 34m3/s, with a maximum of 1300m3/s and a minimum of 2m3/s. 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.
The towns along the Pyshma are Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Beryozovsky, Zarechny, Sukhoy Log, and Kamyshlov
The name comes from tatar language and means "calm".[2]