Main source Maly Kiner, Mari El Length 112 km Mouth Vyatka River | Basin size 1,885 km (728 sq mi) Basin area 1,885 km² Country Russia | |
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River mouth Vyatka River, near Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast | ||
The Shoshma (Russian: Шошма; Tatar: Шушма, Şuşma; Mari: Шошма, Šošma) is a river in Mari El, Tatarstan and Kirov Oblast, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Vyatka River. Its length is 112 kilometres (70 mi), of which 90 kilometres (56 mi) are in Tatarstan, and its drainage basin covers 1,885 square kilometres (728 sq mi). It originates near Maly Kiner, Mari El and flows to the Vyatka near Malmyzh, Kirov Oblast.
Map of r. Shoshma, Russia
Major tributaries are the Sarda, Kushket, Arborka, and Kuguborka rivers. The maximal mineralization 500–800 mg/l. The maximal water discharge is 149 cubic metres per second (5,300 cu ft/s) (1980). Drainage is regulated. There are peat deposits in the river valley. Since 1978 it has been protected as a "natural monument of Tatarstan'". Baltasi and Malmyzh are along the river.