The Shoshma (russian: Шошма; tt-Cyrl, Шушма, ''Şuşma''; chm, Шошма, ''Šošma'') is a river in

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 ...

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

and

Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census). Geography Na ...

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 Vyatka. Its length is , 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 Шошма»
Russian State Water Registry It originates near Maly Kiner,

and flows to the Vyatka near

Malmyzh Malmyzh (russian: Малмыж) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast, a town in Malmyzhsky District of Kirov Oblast; ;Rural localities * Malmyzh, Amursky District, Khabarovsk Krai, a ...

. Major tributaries are the Sarda, Kushket, Arborka, and Kuguborka rivers. The maximal mineralization 500–800 mg/L. The maximal water discharge is (1980). Drainage is regulated. There are

peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...

deposits in the river valley. Since 1978 it has been protected as a "natural monument of Tatarstan'".

Baltasi Baltasi (russian: Балтаси́; tt-Cyrl, Балтач) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Baltasinsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, locate ...

and

are along the river.

References

Rivers of Tatarstan Rivers of Mari El Rivers of Kirov Oblast {{Russia-river-stub