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Kubnya River

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Basin size
  
2,480 km (960 sq mi)

Mouth
  
Sviyaga River

Length
  
176 km

Country
  
Russia

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Main source
  
Chuvash Republic, Russia

River mouth
  
Sviyaga River,near Burunduki, Tatarstan

The Kubnya (Russian: Кубня, Chuvash: Кĕтне, Tatar: Гөбенә, Göbenä) is a river in Chuvashia and Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Sviyaga River. It is 176 kilometres (109 mi) long, of which 121 kilometres (75 mi) are in Tatarstan, and its drainage basin covers 2,480 square kilometres (960 sq mi). It begins in Chuvashia and flows to the Sviyaga River 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Burunduki.

Map of r. Kubnya, Chuvashia Republic, Russia

A major tributary is the Uryum River. The maximal mineralization is 500-800 mg/l. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is 92 millimetres (3.6 in). The maximal water discharge is 420 cubic metres per second (15,000 cu ft/s). Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it is protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan.

References

Kubnya River Wikipedia