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Sölçä, Sulitsa River | |
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Origin | Maydan, Verkhneuslonsky District, Volga Upland, Tatarstan, Russia |
Mouth | Kuybyshev Reservoir, Sviyaga River,near Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan |
Basin countries | Tatarstan, Russia |
Length | 47 km |
Mouth elevation | 53 |
Basin area | 517 km² |
The Sulitsa (Russian: Сули́ца, Tatar Cyrillic: Сөлчә, Latin: Sölçä) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Sviyaga River. Its length is 47 km and its drainage basin is 517 km². It origins 3 km west of Maydan village of the Verkhneuslonsky District and falls to the Kuybyshev Reservoir south of Sviyazhsk. Major tributaries are Changara, Mamatkozino, Klyancheyka. The maximal mineralization 500-700 mg/l. Average sediment in mouth per year is 113 mm. Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it is protected as natural monument of Tatarstan.[1]
Coordinates: 55°43′59″N 48°42′25″E / 55.73306°N 48.70694°E