Sheshma River

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Position of Scheschma ( Шешма ) in the catchment area of the Kama

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The Scheschma (Russian Шешма; Tatar Шушма / susma or Tatar Чишмә / Çişmä ) is a 259 km long left tributary of the Kama in the Samara Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in the European part of Russia.

River

The Scheschma rises in the Bugulma - Belebeier heights in the extreme northwest of the Samara Oblast, right on the border of the Orenburg Oblast. First, it flows thence in a westerly direction through a deep valley, but swings shortly afterwards towards the north and reached after a few kilometers, the border with the Republic of Tatarstan.

It flows through the hilly south of Tatarstan continues northward before it ( Tatar Куак / Quaq ) turns in a northwesterly direction after the junction of the Kuwan. The landscape here is much flatter and is now used for intensive agriculture. Shortly after the junction with the Bagrjaschka the Scheschma turns north again. Shortly after the junction with the Tolkischka ( Tatar Талкыш / Talqış ) it reaches about 15 km southwest of Kamskije Polyany the Kama, which here forms the eastern part of the Kuibyshev reservoir to the Volga River was dammed.

Hydrology and use

The Scheschma is mainly fed by melt water. From the end of November / beginning of December to April, the river is frozen. On breaking the ice regularly follow spring floods. The Scheschma is used for water supply.