The Myosha ( tt-Cyrl, Мишә, ''Mişä''; russian: Мёша) is a river in
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
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, 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 flows southward, east of and parallel to the Volga and joins the Kama just before that river joins the Volga. It originates in a forest near the
Yatmas-Dusay
Yatmas Dusay ( tt, Ятмас Дусай) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a Village#Russia, selo) in Kukmara District, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. The population was 348 as of 2010.
is located 29 km from Kukmara, K ...
village of the
Kukmorsky District
Kukmorsky District (russian: Кукморский райо́н; tt-Cyrl, Кукмара районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the ...
and flows into the
Kuybyshev Reservoir
Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir (russian: Ку́йбышевское водохрани́лище, Kuybyshevskoye Vodokhranilishche), sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of ...
west of
Narmonka village. It is long, and its
drainage basin
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covers .
[«Река Меша»]
Russian State Water Registry The river is fed by snow and rain, and from November till April it is usually frozen.
Major tributaries are the Kazkash, Little Myosha, Tyamtibash, Nyrsa, Nurminka, and Sula rivers. The maximal water discharge was in 1979, and the maximal mineralization was 800–1,000 mg/L. Drainage is regulated. Myosha is a local recreation zone. Since 1978 it has been protected as a ''natural monument of Tatarstan''.
References
Rivers of Tatarstan
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