The name of the river comes from the Mordvin language and means "raspberry": according to legend, raspberries once grew in abundance in the places the Imza flows through, and local residents cultivated them on plantations and sold them at markets.[1]

The Imza River is a left tributary of the Urga; it belongs to the Pourzhe and to the basin of the Sura River.

Its source is near the selo of Pesochnoye in the Knyagininsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Region.

It flows into the Urga near the settlement of Krasnaya Gorka in the Vorotynsky District.

Length: about 95 kilometers. The river's drainage basin covers just over 700 square kilometers. The banks of the Imza are mostly gently sloping, although steep bluffs occur in places; the floodplain is rich in vegetation, including species listed in the Red Book. The river's riparian lands are home to wild boars, hares, foxes, beavers, and badgers; from the water one can observe wild geese and ducks, lapwings, robins, and nightingales. The river is suitable for rafting: in particular, it is run on stand-up paddleboards; the current in some stretches is fairly fast.[2][1][1][1]

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  1. personalguide.ru — The name of the river comes from the Mordvin language and means "raspberry": according to tradition, raspberries once grew in abundance in the places where the Imza flows, which the locals
  2. pikabu.ru — The river is suitable for rafting: in particular, it is run on stand-up paddleboards; the current in some stretches is fairly fast.