Sheshma
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Sheshma River Шушма susma Чишмә Çişmä |
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 Location of the Scheschma (Шешма) in the catchment area of the Kama |
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| Water code | RU : 11010000212112100003525 | |
| location | Tatarstan , Samara Oblast ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Volga | |
| Drain over | Kama → Volga → Caspian Sea | |
| source | in the Bugulma-Belebeier heights , about 28 km south of Leninogorsk 54 ° 18 ′ 46 ″ N , 52 ° 24 ′ 24 ″ E |
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| muzzle | near Staroscheschminsk in the Kuibyshev reservoir Coordinates: 55 ° 22 '49 " N , 51 ° 13' 4" E 55 ° 22 '49 " N , 51 ° 13' 4" E
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| length | 259 km | |
| Catchment area | 6040 km² | |
| Outflow location: 86 km above the mouth |
MQ |
11.1 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Sekines , Tolkischka | |
| Right tributaries | Lesnaja Sheshma River , Kuwan , Bagrjaschka , Kitschui | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Kuibyshev reservoir | |
| Communities | Sloboda Petropavlovskaya , Sloboda Arkhangelskaya | |
The Scheschma ( Russian Шешма ; Tatar Шушма Şuşma or Tatar Чишмә Çişmä ) is a 259 km long left tributary of the Kama in the Samara Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in the European part of Russia .
River course
The Scheschma rises in the Bugulma-Belebeier heights in the extreme north-west of Samara Oblast, right on the border with Orenburg Oblast . At first it flows from there in a westerly direction through a deeply cut valley, but shortly afterwards it turns north and after a few kilometers reaches the border with the Republic of Tatarstan.
It continues to flow north through the hilly south of Tatarstan, before turning north-westerly after the confluence of the Kuwan ( Tatar Куак Quaq ). The landscape here is much flatter and is now used intensively for agriculture. Shortly after the confluence of the Bagrjaschka , the Sheschma turns north again. Shortly after the confluence of the Tolkischka ( Tatar Талкыш Talqış ) it reaches about 15 km southwest of Kamskije Polyany the Kama, which here forms the eastern part of the Kuibyshev reservoir , to which the Volga was dammed.
Hydrology and use
The Sheschma is mainly fed by melt water. The river is frozen from late November / early December to April. The breaking of the ice is regularly followed by spring floods . The Sheschma is used for the water supply .