Myosha River

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Mişä, Myosha River
Origin	Yatmas-Dusay, Kukmorsky District, Tatarstan
Mouth	Kuybyshev Reservoir, Kama near Narmonka, Tatarstan
Basin countries	Tatarstan, Russia
Length	204 km
Mouth elevation	53
Avg. discharge	1,400 (max)
Basin area	4,180 km²

The Myosha (Tatar Cyrillic: Мишә, Latin: Mişä, Russian: Мёша) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama River. It origins in forest near Yatmas-Dusay village of the Kukmorsky District and falls to the Kuybyshev Reservoir west of Narmonka village. It's length is 204 km and its drainage basin is 4,180 sq km. The river is fed by snow and rain, and from November till April it is usually frozen.

Major tributaries are Kazkash, Little Myosha, Tyamtibash, Nyrsa, Nurminka, Sula rivers. The maximal water discharge is 1400 m³/s (1979), the maximal mineralization 800-1000 mg/l. Drainage is regulated. Myosha is a local recreation zone. Since 1978 it is protected as natural monument of Tatarstan.^[1]

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