Dyoma ( ba, Дим, ''Dim'', also , ''Kügiźel''; russian: Дёма) is a river in the

Republic of Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...

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. It flows north and joins the Belaya at

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...

. The river is long, with a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of .«Река ДЕМА»
Russian State Water Registry Its average discharge is .

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The Dyoma has its sources on the northern slopes of the

Obshchy Syrt Obshchy Syrt (russian: Общий Сырт) is a highland ridge, or plateau ('' syrt''), in the European part of Russia. It starts north of Orenburg as a branch of the Ural Mountains and runs in a southwesterly direction to the east bank of the Vol ...

plateau at the border of

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' ...

north of the south-flowing Salmysh branch of the

Sakmara River The Sakmara (russian: Сакмара; ba, Һаҡмар, Haqmar) is a river in Russia that drains the southern tip of the Ural Mountains south into the river Ural. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . It is a right tributary of the Ural, whi ...

. From there, it flows towards the northeast into Bashkortostan, where it forms a wide valley. Here, the river runs slowly, and is heavily meandering, particularly in its lower reaches before its confluence with the Belaya. The town of

Davlekanovo Davlekanovo (russian: Давлеканово; ba, Дәүләкән, ''Däwläkän'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Dyoma River west of Ufa. Population: It was previously known as ''Itkulovo''. History ...

lies at the Dyoma, and the river's mouth is within the boundaries of the city of

, in the township of Dyoma, named after the river.

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Rivers of Bashkortostan {{Russia-river-stub