Toyma Explained

Toyma, Tuyma
Source1 Coordinates:56.32°N 52.4067°W
Mouth Coordinates:55.7423°N 52.0315°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:121km (75miles)
Mouth Elevation:53m (174feet)
Basin Size:1450km2

The Toyma (Russian: Тойма; Tatar: Туйма) is a river in Udmurtia and Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Kama. It is 121km (75miles) long, of which 84km (52miles) are in Tatarstan, and its drainage basin covers 1450km2.[1] 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 533m3/s in 1979. Drainage is regulated. Average sediment accumulation at the mouth per year is 146mm. Since 1978 it is protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan. Mendeleyevsk and Yelabuga are along the river.

Notes and References

  1. http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=182093 «Река ТОЙМА»