Kubnya River

Kubnya River

Infobox River
river_name =Göbenä, Kubnya River


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origin = Chuvash Republic, Russia
mouth = Sviyaga River,near Burunduki, Tatarstan
basin_countries = Chuvashia and Tatarstan, Russia
length = 176 km
elevation =
mouth_elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 2,480 km²

The Kubnya ( _ru. Кубня, _cv. Кĕтне, _tt. Гөбенә|Göbenä) is a river in Chuvashia and Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Sviyaga River. It's length is 176 km (121 of them in Tatarstan) and its drainage basin is 2,480 km². It origins in Chuvashia and falls to the Sviyaga River 4 km south of Burunduki.

Major tributary is Uryum River. The maximal mineralization is 500-800 mg/l. Average sediment in mouth per year is 92 mm. The maximal water discharge is 420 m³/s. Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it is protected as "natural monument of Tatarstan". [TES|Гөбенә]

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