The Toyma (; ) is a river in
Udmurtia
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and
Tatarstan
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,
Russian Federation
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, a right-bank
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
Kama
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. It is long, of which are in Tatarstan, and its
drainage basin
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covers .
[«Река ТОЙМА»]
Russian State Water Registry It begins in Udmurtia and falls to the Kama near
Yelabuga
Yelabuga (also spelled ''Elabuga''; ; ) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kama River and east from Kazan. Population:
The evolution of name
The name of the city of Yelabuga comes from the T ...
, Tatarstan.
Major tributaries are the Vozzhayka, Yurashka, Karinka rivers. The maximal mineralization 400–600 mg/L. The maximal water discharge was in 1979. Drainage is regulated. Average sediment accumulation at the mouth per year is . Since 1978 it is protected as a ''natural monument of Tatarstan''.
Mendeleyevsk
Mendeleyevsk (; ) is a town and the administrative center of Mendeleyevsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located on the right bank of Nizhnekamskoye Reservoir, from the republic's capital of Kazan. As of the 2010 Census, its p ...
and Yelabuga are along the river.
References
Rivers of Tatarstan
Rivers of Udmurtia
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