People lived around Kama for centuries, and today its shores are also quite densely populated. This large river, included in the list of the longest in the world, from time immemorial served both as a source of food and as a transport route. Its waters now, however, are noticeably polluted in some areas, but in recent years a number of efforts have been made to purify them.
1. One of the local natural attractions are unique gypsum mountains. You can see them near the city of Perm, they rise on the very shore. 2. Throughout its course, the Kama River changes direction several times. If you look at the map, you can find that its channel in shape resembles a giant question mark. 3. The construction of the Kuibyshev reservoir reduced the length of the Kama River by 225 kilometers. Previously, this river reached 2030 kilometers in length, and now it is only 1805. Moreover, the distance in a straight line from the source to the mouth does not exceed 450 kilometers, since the Kama riverbed is very winding.
4. Officially, it is believed that the Kama flows into the Volga. However, a number of scientists suggest that this Volga flows into the Kama, since the Volga is inferior to it in a number of ways. 5. Over the year, Kama replenishes the Volga with an average of 117 cubic kilometers of water. 6. It occupies the third highest fullness among all Russian rivers, which are tributaries. The first two places are occupied by Angara and Aldan. 7. Three hydroelectric power stations (hydroelectric power stations) have been built on the Kama River, providing electricity to millions of people. 8. Kama is one of the first places in the world in terms of the number of tributaries flowing into it, of which there are almost 75 thousand. True, only 5.5% of them are more than 10 km long. 9. Geologists have established that once upon a time Kama flowed into the Caspian Sea, but after the last ice age its channel changed its direction.
10. Kama is one of the ten longest European rivers, ranking seventh in this ranking. 11. The floods on Kama are very destructive. Water can rise 6-8 meters above normal levels, and the river spills in breadth, sweeping away everything around. 12. In Russia, quite a few rivers in different regions are called “Kama”, but basically these are all fairly small rivers. 13. In the Republic of Tatarstan, Kama is called “Chulman”, and the Udmurts use the name “Kam”. 14. Across Russia, 99.8% of this river flows. The remaining 0.2% went to Kazakhstan. 15. Its catchment area is more than 0.5 million square kilometers.
