Bolshoy Cheremshan River

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Bolshoy Cheremshan River
Origin Bugulma-Belebey Hills
Mouth Kuybyshev Reservoir, Volga
Basin countries Tatarstan and Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
Length 336 km
Avg. discharge 1 660 m³/s (maximal)
Basin area 11 500 km²

Bolshoy Cheremshan (Russian: Большой Черемшан, literally Greater Cheremshan, Tatar Cyrillic: Олы Чирмешән, Latin: Olı Çirmeşän) is a river in Russia, the left tributary of the Volga. It falls to the Volga near Dmitrovgrad. The main inflows are Bolshaya Sulcha and Maly Cheremshan. The maximal discharge is 1660 m³/s (1979) and the minimal mineralization is 600-800 mg/l. The riverbed is meandering and the meadows are wide.

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  • (Tatar) "Олы Чирмешән". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.