- Sheshma River
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Not to be confused with Shoshma River.
Sheshma River Origin Samara Oblast Mouth Kuybyshev Reservoir, Volga River Basin countries Tatarstan and Samara Oblast, Russia Length 259 km Basin area 6,040 km² The Sheshma (Russian: Шешма; Tatar Cyrillic: Шушма, Latin: Şuşma or Tatar Cyrillic: Чишмә, Latin: Çişmä) is a river in Tatarstan and Samara Oblast, Russian Federation, a left tributary of the Kama River, falling into the Kuybyshev Reservoir near Starosheshminsk. Its length is 259 km (227 of them in Tatarstan) and its drainage basin is 6,040 km². It origins in Samara Oblast, 28 km south of Leninogorsk, Tatarstan. Major tributaries are Forest Sheshma, Kuvak, Sekines, Kichuy, Talkysh Rivers. The maximal mineralization 600-700 mg/l. Average sediment in mouth per year is 112 mm. The river generally feeds with underground water in dry season. Drainage is regulated. There are major flood-plains in the middle and lower stream of Sheshma. Since 1978 it is protected as natural monument of Tatarstan. [1] Shugurovo, Novosheshminsk and Starosheshminsk stay on the river.
Kama River Left tributary of the Volga RiverTributaries 
Reservoirs Hydroelectric
stationsReferences
- ^ (Tatar) "Чишмә". Tatar Encyclopedia. Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
Categories:- Kama basin
- Rivers of Tatarstan
- Rivers of Samara Oblast
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