The Myosha (; ) is a river in

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, a right-bank

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of the

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. It flows southward, east of and parallel to the Volga and joins the Kama just before that river joins the Volga. It originates in a forest near the Yatmas-Dusay village of the

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and flows into the

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west of Narmonka village. It is long, and its

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covers .«Река Меша»
Russian State Water Registry The river is fed by snow and rain, and from November till April it is usually frozen. Major tributaries are the

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, Little Myosha, Tyamtibash, Nyrsa, Nurminka, and Sula rivers. The maximal water discharge was in 1979, and the maximal mineralization was 800–1,000 mg/L. Drainage is regulated. Myosha is a local recreation zone. Since 1978 it has been protected as a ''natural monument of Tatarstan''.

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