| Sylva | |
| Map: | Kama basin.png |
| Source1 Location: | Middle Urals |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 58.1078°N 56.6378°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Length: | 493km (306miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 139m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 19700km2 |
The Sylva is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Perm Krai in Russia. It is 493km (306miles) in length. The area of the basin is 19700km2.[1] The Sylva flows into the Chusovoy Cove of the Kama Reservoir. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. Principal tributaries: Iren, Babka, Irgina, Vogulka (left); Barda, Shakva (right).[1] Main port: Kungur.
Every year hundreds of tourists come to Kungur, through routes down the Sylva, Iren and Shakva rivers. The Sylva River flows leisurely over a flat plateau, across Preduraliye Nature Preserve, and past abrupt cliffs, fossilized remnants of coral reefs left by the long-disappeared Great Permian Sea, which at some places rise up to 100m (300feet) above the level of the river, covered with pine and fir groves.