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River in Tatarstan and Udmurtia, Russia
Toyma, Tuyma
Location
CountryTatarstan and Udmurtia, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationUdmurtia
 • coordinates56°19′12″N 52°24′24″E / 56.32000°N 52.40667°E / 56.32000; 52.40667
MouthKama
 • locationnear Yelabuga, Tatarstan
 • coordinates55°44′32″N 52°01′53″E / 55.7423°N 52.0315°E / 55.7423; 52.0315
 • elevation53 m (174 ft)
Length121 km (75 mi)
Basin size1,450 km (560 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionKamaVolgaCaspian Sea

The Toyma (Russian: Тойма; Tatar: Туйма) is a river in Udmurtia and Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama. It is 121 kilometres (75 mi) long, of which 84 kilometres (52 mi) are in Tatarstan, and its drainage basin covers 1,450 square kilometres (560 sq mi). It begins in Udmurtia and falls to the Kama near Yelabuga, Tatarstan.

Major tributaries are the Vozzhayka, Yurashka, Karinka rivers. The maximal mineralization 400–600 mg/L. The maximal water discharge was 533 cubic metres per second (18,800 cu ft/s) in 1979. Drainage is regulated. Average sediment accumulation at the mouth per year is 146 millimetres (5.7 in). Since 1978 it is protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan. Mendeleyevsk and Yelabuga are along the river.

References

  1. «Река ТОЙМА», Russian State Water Registry
  2. "Туйма". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
The river Kama
Left tributary of the Volga
Tributaries Map of the drainage basin of the Volga and Kama.
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