The Rutka (, ''Rÿde''; ) is a river in

Kirov Oblast Kirov Oblast ( rus, Кировская область, p=ˈkʲirəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. As of the 2010 census, the population ...

and

Mari El Mari El,; ; officially the Mari El Republic, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia, European region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga River, and administratively part of the Volga Federal ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

. It is long, and has a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

of .«Река РУТКА»
Russian State Water Registry The Rutka rises in

, passes the

Mari Depression The Mari Depression () is a depression in Gornomariysky District, Mari El, Russian Federation. Geography The depression is located on the left side of the Volga, from the western borders of the Mari El to the Bolshaya Kokshaga River. The average ...

and flows to the

Cheboksary Reservoir Cheboksary Reservoir is an artificial lake in the central part of the Volga River formed by the Cheboksary Dam in Novocheboksarsk. The surface area of Cheboksary Reservoir is , max width is , max depth is . The reservoir has partly flooded the Ma ...

. The Rutka freezes up in November and stays under ice until April. The river is navigable.

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Rivers of Mari El {{South-Russia-river-stub