Malaya Kokshaga
Appearance
Izi Kakšan, Malaya Kokshaga | |
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![]() Pond in the central part of Yoshkar-Ola | |
Location | |
Country | Mari El, Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mari El, Russia |
Mouth | |
• location | Kuybyshev Reservoir, Volga near Kokshaysk, Mari El, Russia |
• coordinates | 56°07′26″N 47°53′26″E / 56.1238°N 47.8905°E |
Length | 194 km (121 mi) |
Basin size | 5,160 km2 (1,990 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 30 m3/s (1,100 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Volga→ Caspian Sea |
The Malaya Kokshaga (Mari: Изи Какшан, Izi Kakšan; Russian: Малая Кокша́га, literally Little Kokshaga) is a river in Mari El, a left tributary of the Volga. It is 194 kilometres (121 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,160 square kilometres (1,990 sq mi).[1] It originates in the northern part of the republic, passes through its capital, Yoshkar-Ola, and flows to the Kuybyshev Reservoir, Volga near Kokshaysk. The Malaya Kokshaga is mainly fed by snow. From November till April, the river is frozen. The riverbed is meandering; there are many former river beds in the valley. The main tributary is the Maly Kundysh.
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See also
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[edit]- Kuma
- Sulak
- Terek
- Ural
- Volga
- Aktay
- Anish
- Bolshaya Kokshaga
- Bolshoy Cheremshan
- Bolshoy Irgiz
- Bezdna
- Chapayevka
- Dubna
- Ilet
- Kama
- Kashinka
- Kazanka
- Kerzhenets
- Kostroma
- Kotorosl
- Kudma
- Malaya Kokshaga
- Maly Irgiz
- Medveditsa
- Mologa
- Nerl
- Nyomda
- Oka
- Rutka
- Samara
- Selizharovka
- Sheksna
- Shosha
- Sogozha
- Sok
- Suda
- Sura
- Sviyaga
- Tereshka
- Tsivil
- Tvertsa
- Unzha
- Uzola
- Vetluga
- Vazuza
- Yeruslan
- Alazeya
- Amguema
- Anabar
- Bogdashkina
- Chaun
- Chegitun
- Chondon
- Gusinaya
- Indigirka
- Ioniveyem
- Khatanga
- Khroma
- Kolyma
- Kyuyol-Yuryakh
- Lena
- Aldan
- Batamay
- Begidyan
- Belyanka
- Biryuk
- Bolshoy Patom
- Buotama
- Byosyuke
- Chaya
- Chechuy
- Cherendey
- Chuya
- Derba
- Dzhardzhan
- Dyanyshka
- Eyekit
- Ichera
- Ilga
- Khanchaly
- Khoruongka
- Kenkeme
- Kirenga
- Kuta
- Kyuelenke
- Kyundyudey
- Linde
- Lungkha
- Lyapiske
- Lyutenge
- Markha
- Markhachan
- Menda
- Menkere
- Molodo
- Motorchuna
- Muna
- Myla
- Namana
- Natara
- Nuora
- Nyuya
- Olyokma
- Peleduy
- Pilyuda
- Sinyaya
- Sitte
- Sobolokh-Mayan
- Suola
- Tamma
- Tayura
- Tikyan
- Tuolba
- Tutura
- Tympylykan
- Tyugyuene
- Uel-Siktyakh
- Undyulyung
- Ura
- Vilyuy
- Vitim
- Nadym
- Ob
- Olenyok
- Omoloy
- Palyavaam
- Pegtymel
- Pur
- Pyasina
- Sellyakh
- Sundrun
- Taz
- Uele
- Volchya
- Yana
- Yenisey