Kubnya
| Kubnya, Göbenä | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Chuvash Republic and Tatarstan, Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Chuvash Republic |
| Mouth | Sviyaga |
• location | near , Tatarstan |
• coordinates | 55°32′04″N 48°25′43″E / 55.5344°N 48.4286°ECoordinates: 55°32′04″N 48°25′43″E / 55.5344°N 48.4286°E |
| Length | 176 km (109 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,480 km2 (960 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sviyaga→ Volga→ Caspian Sea |
The Kubnya (Russian: Кубня, Chuvash: Кĕтне, Tatar: Cyrillic Гөбенә, Latin Göbenä) is a river in Chuvashia and Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Sviyaga. 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).[1] It begins in Chuvashia and flows to the Sviyaga 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of .
A major tributary is the . 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.[2]
References[]
- ^ «Река Кубня», Russian State Water Registry
- ^ "Гөбенә". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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