Shoshma River
Encyclopedia
The Shoshma 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 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. Baltasi and Malmyzh
stay on the river.
Mari El
The Mari El Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Yoshkar-Ola. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia, along the Volga River. The swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic...
, Tatarstan
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of Russia located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan, which is one of Russia's largest and most prosperous cities. The republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with the Mari El, Udmurt,...
and Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: -History:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Vyatka remained a place of exile for opponents of the tsarist regime, including many prominent revolutionary figures.In 1920, a number of...
, Russian Federation
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, a right-bank tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Vyatka River
Vyatka River
The Vyatka River is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, right tributary of the Kama River. It is 1,314 km in length. The area of its basin is 129,000 km²....
. Its length is 112 km (90 of them in Tatarstan) and its drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
is 1,885 km². It origins near Maly Kiner, Mari El
Mari El
The Mari El Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Yoshkar-Ola. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia, along the Volga River. The swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic...
and falls to the Vyatka near Malmyzh
Malmyzh
Malmyzh is a town and the administrative center of Malmyzhsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Shoshma River , near its confluence with the Zasora, Moksha, and Krupny Lach Rivers, southeast of Kirov. Population:...
, Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: -History:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Vyatka remained a place of exile for opponents of the tsarist regime, including many prominent revolutionary figures.In 1920, a number of...
.
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
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
deposits in the river valley. Since 1978 it is protected as natural monument of Tatarstan. Baltasi and Malmyzh
Malmyzh
Malmyzh is a town and the administrative center of Malmyzhsky District of Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Shoshma River , near its confluence with the Zasora, Moksha, and Krupny Lach Rivers, southeast of Kirov. Population:...
stay on the river.