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Ashit

Ashit

River in Mari El and Tatarstan, Russia

The Ashit (Russian: Ашит; Tatar: Ашыт [ʌˈʂɯt]) is a river in Tatarstan and Mari El, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Ilet. It is 89 kilometres (55 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 1,065 square kilometres (411 sq mi).[1]

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Major tributaries are the Ura, Semit, Shashi, Urtemka, and Ilinka. The maximal mineralization 450 mg/L. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is 180 millimetres (7.1 in). Drainage is regulated. The lower part of the valley is swamped.[2] The villages Alat and Bolshaya Atnya are in the river valley.

References

  1. [1]
    «Река Ашит», Russian State Water Registry
  2. [2]
    "Ашыт". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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