The Sheshma (; ) is a river in

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and

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, a left

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of the

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, falling into the Kama near Starosheshminsk. It is long, of which are in Tatarstan, and its

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, ...

covers .«Река Шешма»
Russian State Water Registry The river begins in Samara Oblast, south of

Leninogorsk, Tatarstan Leninogorsk (; ) is a town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located southeast of Kazan. Population: Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Leninogorsk serves as the administrative center ...

. Major tributaries are the Forest Sheshma, Kuvak, Sekines,

Kichuy The Kichuy (), () is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Sheshma. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .river mouth A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current, reducing the carryin ...

per year is . The river generally is fed by underground water in the dry season. Drainage is regulated. There are major flood-plains in the middle and lower reaches of the Sheshma. Since 1978 it has been protected as a ''natural monument of Tatarstan''.

Shugurovo Shugurovo (; , pronounced ) is a village ('' selo'') in Leninogorsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located south-west of Leninogorsk, the administrative center of the district, on the Lesnaya Sheshma River (a tributary of the ...

Novosheshminsk Novosheshminsk (; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a Village#Russia, selo) and the administrative center of Novosheshminsky District of the Tatarstan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Population: References Notes Sou ...

and Starosheshminsk stay on the river.

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