Basin size 2,120 km (820 sq mi) Basin area 2,120 km² Country Russia | Length 147 km Mouth Nizhnekamsk Reservoir | |
Main source Novy Menzelyabash, Sarmanovsky District, Tatarstan River mouth Nizhnekamsk Reservoir, Ik River Discharge Average rate:
215 m/s (7,600 cu ft/s) (maximum, 1979) | ||
The Menzelya (Russian: Мензеля; Tatar: Минзәлә, Minzälä) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a former left-bank tributary of the Ik River, which flows into the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It is 147 kilometres (91 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 2,120 square kilometres (820 sq mi). It begins 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Novy Menzelyabash, Sarmanovsky District, Tatarstan. Major tributaries are the Kholodnaya, Kamyshly, Iganya, Urguda rivers. The maximal mineralization 400-800 mg/l. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year reaches 100 millimetres (3.9 in). The maximal discharge is 215 cubic metres per second (7,600 cu ft/s). Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it is protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan. Menzelinsk is along the river. The notable landmark of the river and the town is an abandoned railway bridge, where the railway was never installed.