Toyma
Appearance
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Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Kuybyshev Reservoir, Kama River, near Yelabuga, Tatarstan |
• elevation | 53 units? |
Length | 124 km |
The Toyma (Russian: Тойма; Template:Lang-tt) is a river in Udmurtia and Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama River. Its length is 124 km (84 of them in Tatarstan) and its drainage basin is 1,446 km². It origins in Udmurtia and falls to the Kama near Yelabuga, Tatarstan.
Major tributaries are Vozzhayka, Yurashka, Karinka Rivers. The maximal mineralization 400-600 mg/l. The maximal water discharge is 533 m³/s (1979). Drainage is regulated. Average sediment in mouth per year is 146 mm. Since 1978 it is protected as natural monument of Tatarstan. [1] Mendeleyevsk and Yelabuga stay on the river.
References
- ^ "Туйма". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.