{{short description|River in Russia}} {{Infobox river | name = Yayva | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map = Kama basin.png | map_size = 200 | map_alt = | map_caption = Scheme of the Kama River Basin. | source1_location = North Ural | mouth = Kama Reservoir | progression = Kama Reservoir→ {{RKama}} | length = {{convert|304|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|59|19|13|N|56|39|18|E|source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=it}} | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = {{convert|6,250|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | river_system = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = }} The '''Yayva''' ({{langx|ru|Яйва}}) is a river in Perm Krai, Russia, left tributary of the Kama.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://enc.permculture.ru/showObject.do?object=1803757597 |title=Yayva in encyclopedia of Perm Krai |access-date=2020-04-16 |archive-date=2020-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806005022/http://enc.permculture.ru/showObject.do?object=1803757597 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is {{convert|304|km|mi|sp=us}} in length. The area of the basin is {{convert|6250|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.<ref name=gvr>[http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=181121 «Река ЯЙВА»], Russian State Water Registry</ref> It starts on south slope of mountain range Kvarkush, 710 m above sea level, near the border with Sverdlovsk Oblast. It flows into Kama Reservoir, lower town Berezniki and opposite of settlement Oryol, forming a bay. It is a mountain river upstream with many rifts and rapids; downstream it is a flat river.
'''Main tributaries:'''<ref name=gvr/> *Left: Kad, Chikman, Chanva, Vilva, Usolka; *Right: Ulvich, Ik.
== Etymology == The name of the river is a composition of the Komi-permyak words ''yay'' (meat) and ''va'' (water), so it can be translated as ''meat river'', in the sense that it is rich with fish and animals. In some documents of the 17th century the river is called ''Eyva''.
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Category:Rivers of Perm Krai