The Aktay (russian: Актай) or Aqtay ( tt-Cyrl, Актай, translit=Aqtay) is a river in Tatarstan,

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n Federation, a left-bank

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of the

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, falling into the Kuybyshev Reservoir near Izmeri. It is long, and its

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covers . The major tributaries are Chelninka, Salmanka, and Romodanka. The maximal mineralization is 500 to 700 mg/L. The average sediment deposition at the

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each year is . Drainage is regulated. In the upper stream use to dry.

Bazarnye Mataki Bazarnye Mataki (russian: Базáрные Матáки; tt-Cyrl, Базарлы Матак) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Alkeyevsky District in Tatarstan, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federat ...

is along the river.

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