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Ashit River

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Basin size
  
1,087 km (420 sq mi)

Basin area
  
1,087 km²

Country
  
Russia

Length
  
83 km

Mouth
  
Ilet River

Main source
  
Ashitbash, Arsky District, Tatarstan

River mouth
  
Ilet River, Nurmuchash, Mari El

Ashit river created with magisto


The Ashit (Russian: Ашит) or Aşıt (Tatar: Ашыт, Aşıt [ʌˈʂɯt]) is a river in Tatarstan and Mari El, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Ilet River. It is 83 kilometres (52 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 1,087 square kilometres (420 sq mi).

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Map of r. Ashit, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Major tributaries are the Ura, Semit, Shashi, Urtemka, and Ilinka. The maximal mineralization 450 mg/l. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is 180 millimetres (7.1 in). Drainage is regulated. The lower part of the valley is swamped. Alat, Russia, and Bolshaya Atnya are in the river valley.

References

Ashit River Wikipedia