Sai (Kama)

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Sai
Зай
Data
Water code RU10010101512111100029287
location Tatarstan ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Kama  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
Confluence of Stepnoi Sai and Lesnoi Sai
55 ° 19 ′ 57 ″  N , 52 ° 2 ′ 41 ″  E
muzzle Kuibyshev Reservoir Coordinates: 55 ° 35 '24 "  N , 51 ° 39' 48"  E 55 ° 35 '24 "  N , 51 ° 39' 48"  E
Mouth height approx.  53  m

length 64 km (including Stepnoi Sai: 219 km)
Catchment area 5020 km²
Drain MQ
16.9 m³ / s
Right tributaries Sycha
Medium-sized cities Sainsk
Course of the Sai (Зай) in the catchment area of ​​the Kama

Course of the Sai (Зай) in the catchment area of ​​the Kama

Stepnoi Sai
Степной Зай
Water code RU10010101512111100029287
location Tatarstan ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Sai → Kama  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
source on the Bugulma-Belebeier heights
54 ° 24 '26 "  N , 52 ° 33' 57"  E
Association with Lesnoi Sai to Sai
55 ° 19 ′ 57 ″  N , 52 ° 2 ′ 41 ″  E

length 155 km
Right tributaries Kamenka
Big cities Almetyevsk
Lesnoi Sai
Лесной Зай
Water code RU10010101512111100029553
location Tatarstan ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Sai → Kama  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
source about 8 km north of Almetyevsk
54 ° 59 ′ 16 ″  N , 52 ° 23 ′ 4 ″  E
Association with Stepnoi Sai to Sai
55 ° 19 ′ 57 ″  N , 52 ° 2 ′ 41 ″  E

length 63 km
Catchment area 812 km²

The Sai ( Russian Зай ) is a left tributary of the Kama in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan .

The river has its source on the Bugulma-Belebeier Heights in the Bugulma district . In the upper reaches he is called Степной Зай ( Stepnoi Sai , "Steppen-Sai"). Only 64 km above the mouth, at Sainsk after the confluence of the Лесной Зай ( Lesnoi Sai , "Forest Sai"), the river bears the name Sai . The river flows in a predominantly north-northwest direction. It flows through the city of Almetyevsk . It finally flows 7 km southwest of Nizhnekamsk into the lower reaches of the Kama, which is dammed up to form the Kuibyshev reservoir .

The Sai has a length of 219 km. Its catchment area covers an area of ​​5020 km².

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Sai in the State Water Directory of the Russian Federation (Russian)
  2. a b Lesnoi Sai in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)