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Ashit

Coordinates: 56°11′57″N 48°57′29″E / 56.19917°N 48.95806°E / 56.19917; 48.95806
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Ashit
Ashit is located in Russia
Ashit
Location of mouth in Russia
Location
CountryMari El and Tatarstan, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAshitbash, Arsky District, Tatarstan
MouthIlet
 • location
Nurmuchash, Mari El
 • coordinates
56°11′57″N 48°57′29″E / 56.19917°N 48.95806°E / 56.19917; 48.95806
Length89 km (55 mi)
Basin size1,065 km2 (411 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionIletVolgaCaspian Sea

The Ashit (Russian: Ашит; Tatar: Ашыт [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

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  1. ^ «Река Ашит», Russian State Water Registry
  2. ^ "Ашыт". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.