River
Pechora
1,809 km from source to mouth · Russia.
RussiaFlows into Pechora Sea
In numbers
Length
1,809km
Average flow
4,100m³/s
Basin
322,000km²
Drop
554m
from 355 m to -199 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
1,809 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 0 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmUral Mountainsat 355 m
- 32 kmMasnkaya Volosnitsatributary
- 41 kmVyderyatributary
- 67 kmYelmatributary
- 85 kmMaly Shezhymtributary
- 87 kmGaryovkatributary
- 90 kmBolshoy Shezhimtributary
- 117 kmPikhtovkatributary
- 140 kmUtlantributary
- 147 kmUnyatributary
- 201 kmBolshaya Starikovkatributary
- 201 kmVolosnitsatributary
- 233 kmBolshaya Gorevkatributary
- 233 kmMalaya Gorevkatributary
- 261 kmPozhyogtributary
- 339 kmIlychtributary
- 349 kmBolshaya Lyagatributary
- 372 kmSherlyagatributary
- 377 kmSevernaya Mylvatributary
- 408 kmVerkhny Pidzhtributary
- 429 kmNizhny Pidzhtributary
- 448 kmBolshoy Kodachtributary
- 456 kmVelyutributary
- 539 kmBolshaya Sherdynatributary
- 567 kmKylymtributary
- 567 kmMalaya Soyyutributary
- 586 kmBolshaya Soyyutributary
- 593 kmLemyutributary
- 593 kmKoblatributary
- 601 kmBolshaya Gudoryatributary
- 612 kmMatkin-Yutributary
- 630 kmYakhe-Ydzhydyoltributary
- 638 kmPodcheryetributary
- 642 kmKozlayutributary
- 701 kmSchugortributary
- 706 kmKaygorodkatributary
- 706 kmMaly Soplesktributary
- 722 kmBolshoy Soplesktributary
- 755 kmIzyoltributary
- 755 kmBeryozovkatributary
- 784 kmBoris-Yoltributary
- 784 kmPerebortributary
- 784 kmPozorikhatributary
- 791 kmVertnytributary
- 799 kmBolshoy Aranetstributary
- 819 kmMaly Aranetstributary
- 819 kmMalaya Kozhvatributary
- 870 kmKozhvatributary
- 882 kmMarushikhatributary
- 882 kmBelayatributary
- 913 kmBolshaya Vyatkinatributary
- 936 kmKaltustributary
- 941 kmLyzhatributary
- 977 kmBely-Yutributary
- 977 kmUsatributary
- 998 kmKyryugatributary
- 1,034 kmLayatributary
- 1,050 kmAndryushkinatributary
- 1,056 kmDenisovkatributary
- 1,095 kmZverinetstributary
- 1,110 kmBolshaya Mutnayatributary
- 1,147 kmCharkayutributary
- 1,229 kmBolshaya Volmatributary
- 1,277 kmZaostrovkatributary
- 1,278 kmMalaya Volmatributary
- 1,286 kmIzhmatributary
- 1,290 kmNeritsatributary
- 1,325 kmTsilmatributary
- 1,325 kmPizhmatributary
- 1,809 kmPechora Seaat -199 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Northern Russia
At the mouth it carries 4,100 m³/s on average: 1.6 Olympic pools every second. It drops from 355 m to -199 m, 0.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 322,000 km², about the size of CI. 455,000 people live in it. Highest water, with the snowmelt: from May to August; lowest: from January to April. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- PechoraLargest city on its banks · 46,113 people
- Pechora Airport (PEX)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 5 km from the city
- On the water37 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- JulyThe best months to visit
Pechora, month by month
Highest water: from May to August
Lowest water: from January to April. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from November to March. Melting snow makes up much of its water. Best months to visit: July.
From about 1,100 m³/s in the lowest month to 16,100 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Pechora: the basin in numbers
312,676 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 455,000people live in the basin
- 1/km²people per km²
- 151maverage altitude of the basin
- 548mmof rain a year (basin average)
- -3.2°Caverage air temperature
- 14%protected areas
- 0.4%covered by lakes
- 30%permafrost
What covers the basin
- 59% Forest
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Pechora: what you find on the way
- 1Boat ramps
- 32Ferry piers
- 2Marinas
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.7 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Pechora in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Mountains at the source (2)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Gora Yanyvondersyakhal8.2 km away
- Gora Pecher'yatalyakhchakhl'1.9 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Pechora in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (151)
Also: Tsilma, Schugor, Ilych, Pizhma, Sula, Shapkina, Neritsa, Kozhva, Podcherye, Lemyu, Lyzha, Laya, Velyu, Kuya, Severnaya Mylva, Unya, Bolshaya Lyaga, Bolshaya Porozhnyaya, Bolshaya Shaytanovka, Verkhny Pidzh, Vuktyl, Puta, Sedzva, Andryushkina
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q8168) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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