Shoshma River

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Not to be confused with Sheshma River or Shozhma River.
Shoshma River, Şuşma
Origin Maly Kiner, Mari El
Mouth Vyatka River, near Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast
Basin countries Mari El, Tatarstan and Kirov Oblast, Russia
Length 112 km
Basin area 1,885 km²

The Shoshma (Russian: Шошма; Tatar Cyrillic: Шушма, Latin: Şuşma; Mari: Шошма, Šošma) is a river in Mari El, Tatarstan and Kirov Oblast, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Vyatka River. Its length is 112 km (90 of them in Tatarstan) and its drainage basin is 1,885 km². It originates near Maly Kiner, Mari El and falls to the Vyatka near Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast.

Major tributaries are Sarda, Kushket, Arborka, Kuguborka Rivers. The maximal mineralization 500–800 mg/l. The maximal water discharge is 149 m³/s (1980). Drainage is regulated. There are peat deposits in the river valley. Since 1978 it has been protected as a "natural monument of Tatarstan'".[1] Baltasi and Malmyzh stay on the river.

References

  1. ↑ (Tatar) "Шушма". Tatar Encyclopaedia. Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002. 

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