Tma (river)
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Tma Тьма |
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| Water code | RU : 08010100612110000001743 | |
| location | Tver Oblast ( Russia ) | |
| River system | Volga | |
| Drain over | Volga → Caspian Sea | |
| source | about 30 km west-northwest of Stariza 56 ° 34 ′ 44 ″ N , 34 ° 24 ′ 59 ″ E |
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| muzzle | on the western outskirts of Tver in the Volga Coordinates: 56 ° 50 ′ 40 ″ N , 35 ° 39 ′ 21 ″ E 56 ° 50 ′ 40 ″ N , 35 ° 39 ′ 21 ″ E
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| length | 142 km | |
| Catchment area | 1850 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
13.7 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Ratschaina | |
| Right tributaries | Beklowka , Shostka | |
| Communities | Malinniki , Bernowo | |
The Tma ( Russian Тьма ) is a 142 km long left tributary of the Volga in the European part of Russia .
description
The Tma rises not far from the village Deneschnoe on the south-eastern slope of the moraine range Vyshnevolotskaya Grada ( Russian Вышневолоцкая гряда ) in the southern Tver Oblast . It flows first in a northerly direction and after a few kilometers eastwards through a narrow valley. The landscape here is dominated by grassland.
The river maintains its easterly direction for most of its course, but it forms numerous curves . After the confluence of the Ratschaina , the river widens, the bank area is now mainly overgrown with pine forest. The Tma finally reaches the Volga around 15 kilometers west of the city center of Tver .
Hydrology
The Tma is frozen on average from early December to early April. Its mean width is 20-25 meters, while it is between 0.5 and 0.7 m deep.
Tourism and culture
Due to its scenic location and easy accessibility, the Tma is a popular destination, including for boat trips . The villages of Malinniki and Bernowo on the upper reaches of the Tma were visited several times by the Russian national poet Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin . In Bernowo a museum was set up in his honor in the former country estate of the Wulfow family.
Even Isaac Ilich Levitan , one of the most important representatives of realism in Russia, worked at the upper Tma. His painting У омута ( At the Shoal ) was made near Bernowo.
Web links
- Homepage of the AS Pushkin Museum in Bernowo (russ.)
- Works by II Levitan on www.russianartgallery.org (engl.)