Shoshma River

Infobox River
river_name = Şuşma, Shoshma River


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origin = Maly Kiner, Mari El
mouth = Vyatka River, near Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast
basin_countries = Mari El, Tatarstan and Kirov Oblast, Russia
length = 112 km
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watershed = 1,885 km²

The Shoshma ( _ru. Шошма; _tt. Шушма|Şuşma; _ch. Шошма, "Šošma") is a river in Mari El, Tatarstan and Kirov Oblast, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Vyatka River. It's length is 112 km (90 of them in Tatarstan) and its drainage basin is 1,885 km². It origins 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 is protected as "natural monument of Tatarstan". [TES|Шушма] Baltasi and Malmyzh stay on the river.

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