Myosha River

Mişä, Myosha River
Origin Yatmas-Dusay, Kukmorsky District, Tatarstan
Mouth Kuybyshev Reservoir, Kama near Narmonka, Tatarstan
Basin countries Tatarstan, Russia
Length 204 km (127 mi)
Mouth elevation 53 m (174 ft)
Avg. discharge 1,400 m3/s (49,000 cu ft/s) (maximum)
Basin area 4,180 km2 (1,610 sq mi)

The Myosha (Tatar Cyrillic: Мишә, Latin: Mişä, Russian: Мёша) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama River. It originates in a forest near the Yatmas-Dusay village of the Kukmorsky District and flows into the Kuybyshev Reservoir west of Narmonka village. It is 204 kilometres (127 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 4,180 square kilometres (1,610 sq mi). The river is fed by snow and rain, and from November till April it is usually frozen.

Major tributaries are the Kazkash, Little Myosha, Tyamtibash, Nyrsa, Nurminka, and Sula rivers. The maximal water discharge was 1,400 cubic metres per second (49,000 cu ft/s) in 1979, and the maximal mineralization was 800–1,000 mg/l. Drainage is regulated. Myosha is a local recreation zone. Since 1978 it has been protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan.[1]

References

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

Coordinates: 55°27′42″N 49°21′29″E / 55.46167°N 49.35806°E