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Also known as Mesha

The Myosha (; ) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama. It flows southward, east of and parallel to the Volga and joins the Kama just before that river joins the Volga. 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 long, and its drainage basin covers . The river is fed by snow and rain, and from November till April it is usually frozen.

Key facts

River.name
Myosha
River.source1_location
Yatmas-Dusay, Kukmorsky District, Tatarstan
River.mouth
Kama
River.mouth_location
Kuybyshev Reservoir, near Narmonka, Tatarstan
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Russia
River.length_km
204
River.discharge1_avg
(maximum)
River.basin_size_km2
4180

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The Myosha (; ) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama. It flows southward, east of and parallel to the Volga and joins the Kama just before that river joins the Volga. 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 long, and its drainage basin covers . 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 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myosha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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