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Okhansky District ( Russian : Оха́нский райо́н ) is an administrative district ( raion ) of Perm Krai , Russia ; one of the thirty-three in the krai . Municipally , it is incorporated as Okhansky Municipal District . It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is 1,516 square kilometers (585 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Okhansk . Population: 16,272 ( 2010 Census ) ; 17,873 ( 2002 Census ) ; 18,747 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . The population of Okhansk accounts for 44.6% of the district's total population.

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6-622: The Kama River is the largest in the district and forms the district's border with Permsky District . The district was established in December 1923. It was merged into Ochyorsky District on February 1, 1963 but was restored on January 12, 1965. Ethnic composition: The economy of the district is based mostly on light industry and agriculture. Kama River The Kama ( UK : / ˈ k æ m ə / KA-mə , US : / ˈ k ɑː m ə / KAH-mə ; Russian : Кама [ˈkamə] ; Udmurt : Кам ), also known as

12-624: Is below the source of the Kama (331 m), which is the main factor in determining the superiority of any river. Compared to the Kama basin (507,000 km ), the Volga has a larger basin (604,000 km ). More rivers flow into the Kama than the Volga. Experts have proven that the valley of the Kama River is more ancient than the Volga River valley. In other words, at the time of the existence of the ancient Kama, also known as

18-449: Is dammed at several locations: The largest tributaries of the Kama are, from source to mouth: Even today, disputes over the primacy of the rivers continue: Volga or Kama? Scientific facts say that the Volga flows into the Kama, and not vice versa. The confluence of the Volga and the Kama has exactly the same water content (Volga: 3,500 m /s; Kama: 4,100 m /s). The source of the Volga (228 m)

24-525: The Chulman ( / tʃ uː l ˈ m ɑː n / chool-MAHN ; Tatar : Чулман / Çulman [tɕuɫˈmɑn] ), is a 1,805-kilometre (1,122 mi) long river in Russia . It has a drainage basin of 507,000 square kilometres (196,000 sq mi). It is the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge. At their confluence, in fact, the Kama is even larger in terms of discharge than

30-696: The Kama with the basins of the Northern Dvina and the Pechora . In the early 19th-century the Northern Ekaterininsky Canal connected the upper Kama with the Vychegda River (a tributary of the Northern Dvina), but was mostly abandoned after just a few years due to low use. The Kama featured in the 2013 Russian film The Geographer Drank His Globe Away , in the climactic rapids scene. The Kama

36-588: The Volga. It starts in the Udmurt Republic , near Kuliga , flowing northwest for 200 kilometres (120 mi), turning northeast near Loyno for another 200 kilometres (120 mi), then turning south and west in Perm Krai , flowing again through the Udmurt Republic and then through the Republic of Tatarstan , where it meets the Volga south of Kazan . Before the advent of railroads, important portages connected

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