The Menzelya (russian: Мензеля; tt-Cyrl, Минзәлә, ''Minzälä'') is a river in Tatarstan,

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, a former left-bank

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of the river Ik, which flows into 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 ...

. It is long, and its

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covers .«Река МЕНЗЕЛЯ»
Russian State Water Registry The river's source is at the village ,

Sarmanovsky District Sarmanovsky District (russian: Сарма́новский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Сарман районы, ''Sarman rayonı'') is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. It is ...

, Tatarstan. Major tributaries are the , , , rivers. The maximal mineralization is 400-800 mg/L. The average sediment deposition at the

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per year reaches . The maximal

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is . Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it is protected as a ''natural monument of Tatarstan''. The town of Menzelinsk is located near the river's mouth. The notable landmark of the river and the town is an abandoned railway bridge, where the railway was never installed.

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{{Portal bar, Russia Rivers of Tatarstan