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Kazanka or Qazansu (Russian: Казанка; Tatar Cyrillic: Казансу, Latin: Qazansu) is a river in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga. It begins near the village of Bimeri in Arsk District and falls into the Kuybyshev Reservoir in Kazan, near the Kazan Kremlin. Another town on the Kazanka is Arsk and historical Iske Qazan. It is 142 km long. The main inflows are Iya, Kismes, Shimyakovka and Sula. The maximal discharge is 299 m³/s, the minimal mineralization 400-1000 mg/l. It has a natural monument statut in Tatarstan.
During the constructing of Kuybyshev Reservoir, the lowest part of Kazanka's valley was flooded. Part of riverbed was separated from the reservoir by damms, new riverbed was constructed.
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- (Tatar) "Казансу". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.
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