The Izh (russian: Иж; udm, Оӵ, ''Oč''; tt-Cyrl, Иж, translit=İj ) is a river in

Udmurtia Udmurtia (russian: Удму́ртия, r=Udmúrtiya, p=ʊˈdmurtʲɪjə; udm, Удмуртия, ''Udmurtija''), or the Udmurt Republic (russian: Удмуртская Республика, udm, Удмурт Республика, Удмурт � ...

and

Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, a right-bank

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Kama ''Kama'' (Sanskrit ) means "desire, wish, longing" in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh literature.Monier Williamsकाम, kāmaMonier-Williams Sanskrit English Dictionary, pp 271, see 3rd column Kama often connotes sensual pleasure, sexual ...

. It is long, of which are in Tatarstan, and its

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, t ...

covers .«Река ИЖ»
Russian State Water Registry It begins near Malye Oshvortsy, Udmurtia and falls to the

Nizhnekamsk Reservoir Lower Kama Reservoir or Nizhnekamsk Reservoir (russian: Нижнекамское водоранилище; tt-Cyrl, Түбән Кама сусаклагычы) is the lowest reservoir from the Kama River hydroelectric cascade. It is situated in T ...

, Kama River, near Golyushurma tract in

Agryzsky District Agryzsky District (russian: Агрызский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Әгерҗе районы, ''Ägerce rayonı'') is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is ...

, Tatarstan. The river's major tributaries are the Agryzka, Chazh, Kyrykmas, Varzinka, Varzi and

Azevka The Azevka (russian: Азевка; tt, Әҗәү, ''Äcäw'') is a river the Agryzsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Izh in the basin of the Kama. Geography The Azevka begins in the hills of the r ...

rivers. The mineralization 300 to 500 mg/L. Its drainage is regulated. The

Izhevsk Reservoir The Izhevsk Pond (russian: Ижевский пруд) is an artificial body of water, or reservoir, created in 1760 at the urging of Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov for the needs of an iron works in Izhevsk, Russia. It is placed at the confluence of the ...

was constructed in 1760 to supply Izhevsk industry with water. Since 1978 it is protected as a ''natural monument of Tatarstan''. There are notable mineral springs in Izh valley.

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city i ...

and

Agryz Agryz (russian: Агры́з; tt-Cyrl, Әгерҗе, ''Ägerce'') is a town and the administrative center of Agryzsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Izh River (Volga's basin), east of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census ...

are the cities along the river.

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Rivers of Tatarstan Rivers of Udmurtia {{Russia-river-stub