Seym River

Seym River

Infobox River
river_name = Seym, Сейм



caption = Seym in Kursk Oblast
origin = Russia
mouth = Desna
basin_countries = Russia, Ukraine
length = 748 km
elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 27,500 km²

Seym (also transliterated as Seim and Sejm, in _ru. Сейм) is a river in Russia and Ukraine. Its length is 748 km and its basin area about 27,500 km². It is the largest tributary of the Desna.

Towns located on the river: Kursk, Rylsk, Putyvl, Kurchatov.


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