The Mari Depression (russian: Марийская низменность) is a depression in Gornomariysky District,

Mari El The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga Rive ...

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Geography

The depression is located on the left side of the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

, from the western borders of the

to the

Bolshaya Kokshaga River The Bolshaya Kokshaga ( chm, Кугу Какшан, ''Kugu Kakšan''; russian: Больша́я Кокша́га, literally Great Kokshaga) is a river in Kirov Oblast and Mari El, Russian Federation. It is a left-bank tributary of the Volga. Its ...

. The average height of the depression is between and and there are many small lakes and swamps.Марийская низменность

Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...

in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978. The area is now partly flooded by the

Cheboksary Reservoir Cheboksary Reservoir (Russian: Чебоксарское водохранилище, Chuvash: Шупашкар шыв усравĕ, ''Şupaşkar şıv usravĕ'') is an artificial lake in the central part of the Volga River and formed by the Cheboksa ...

Dunes

There are ancient

dunes A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, fl ...

covered with forests located between the rivers.

References

БСЭ: Марийская низменность
Landforms of Mari El East European Plain Depressions of Russia Dunes of Russia {{MariEl-geo-stub