Ashit
Appearance
Ashit, Aşıt | |
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Location | |
Country | Mari El and Tatarstan, Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Ashitbash, Arsky District, Tatarstan |
Mouth | Ilet |
• location | Nurmuchash, Mari El |
• coordinates | 56°11′57″N 48°57′29″E / 56.19917°N 48.95806°E |
Length | 89 km (55 mi) |
Basin size | 1,065 km2 (411 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ilet→ Volga→ Caspian Sea |
The Ashit (Russian: Ашит) or Aşıt (Tatar: Ашыт, romanized: Aşıt [ʌˈʂɯt]) is a river in Tatarstan and Mari El, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Ilet. It is 89 kilometres (55 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 1,065 square kilometres (411 sq mi).[1]
Major tributaries are the Ura, Semit, Shashi, Urtemka, and Ilinka. The maximal mineralization 450 mg/l. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is 180 millimetres (7.1 in). Drainage is regulated. The lower part of the valley is swamped.[2] The villages Alat and Bolshaya Atnya are in the river valley.
References
- ^ «Река Ашит», Russian State Water Registry
- ^ "Ашыт". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.