Pechora

The Pechora rises in the northern Urals and flows through forest and tundra toward the Arctic sea. Its upper course is swift and stony; farther downstream it widens across a lowland, receiving the Ilych, Northern Mylva, Izhma and Usa among many tributaries. Komi settlers founded a village at the mouth of the Northern Mylva in 1674, while Mansi had previously used the upper river country. The Pechora continues northward through a broad floodplain before dividing into channels in its delta.