The Ik (; tt-Cyrl, Ык, ''Iq''; , ''Iq'') is a river in
Russia that flows north to the
Kama. It flows through the Republics of
Bashkortostan and
Tatarstan and through
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...
. The left tributaries are
Mellya,
Menzelya
The Menzelya (russian: Мензеля; tt-Cyrl, Минзәлә, ''Minzälä'') is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a former left-bank tributary of the river Ik, which flows into the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It is long, and its drainage b ...
,
Dymka
Dymka ( uk, Димка; ro, Dimca or ''Trestiana'') is a commune (selsoviet) in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It is composed of a single village, Dymka. It belongs to Hlyboka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Pop ...
, and the right tributary is
Usen. It is long, and its
drainage basin covers .
[«Река Ик (Большой Ик)»]
Russian State Water Registry
The time difference between
Bavly
Bavly (russian: Бавлы́; tt-Cyrl, Баулы) is a town in the Tatarstan, Russia, located on the Bavly River ( Ik's tributary), southeast of Kazan. Population:
History
It was founded in 1755, granted urban-type settlement status in 1950, ...
in Tatarstan and
Oktyabrsky in Bashkortostan is two hours (Tatarstan uses
Moscow Time and Bashkortostan uses
Yekaterinburg Time
Yekaterinburg Time (YEKT) is the time zone five hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+05:00) and 2 hours ahead of Moscow Time (MSK+2).
In 2011, Russia moved to year-round daylight saving time. Instead of switching between UTC+05:00 in winter and UTC+06:0 ...
). Therefore, the bridge through Ik (river-border) is jokingly called "the longest bridge in the world".
The longest bridge in the world.
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References
Rivers of Bashkortostan
Rivers of Tatarstan
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