The Izh (Russian: Иж; Udmurt: Оӵ, Otš; Tatar Cyrillic: Иж, Latin: İj ) is a river in Udmurtia and Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama River. Its length is 226 km (97 of them in Tatarstan) and its drainage basin is 8,478 km². It origins near Malye Oshvortsy,Udmurtia and falls to the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir, Kama River near Golyushurma tract in Agryzsky District, Tatarstan.
The river's major tributaries are Agryzka, Chazh, Kyrykmas, Varzinka, Varzi Rivers. The mineralization 300 to 500 mg/l. Its drainage is regulated. The Izhevsk Reservoir was constructed in 1760 to supply Izhevsk industry with water. Since 1978 it is protected as natural monument of Tatarstan. There are notable mineral springs in Izh valley. Izhevsk and Agryz are the cities sitting on the river banks.
|
Famous quotes containing the word river:
“It is ... despair at the mutability of all created things that links the Artist and the Ascetic—a desire to purify and preserve—to set oneself apart—somehow—from the river flowing onward to the grave.”
—Michele Murray (1933–1974)