Sulitsa

The Sulitsa (Russian: Сули́ца, Tatar: Cyrillic Сөлчә, Latin Sölçä) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Sviyaga. It is 47 kilometres (29 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 517 square kilometres (200 sq mi).[1] It begins 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Maydan village of the Verkhneuslonsky District and flows to the Kuybyshev Reservoir south of Sviyazhsk. Major tributaries are the Changara, Mamatkozino, and Klyancheyka. The maximal mineralization 500–700 mg/l. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is 113 millimetres (4.4 in). Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it has been protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan.[2]

Sulitsa, Sölçä
Location
CountryTatarstan, Russia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMaydan, Verkhneuslonsky District, Volga Upland
MouthSviyaga
  location
Kuybyshev Reservoir near Sviyazhsk
  coordinates
55°43′59″N 48°42′25″E
  elevation
53 m (174 ft)
Length47 km (29 mi)
Basin size517 km2 (200 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSviyagaVolgaCaspian Sea

References

  1. «Река Сулица», Russian State Water Registry
  2. "Сөлчә". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
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