The Zay (; ) is a river in Russia, a left-bank tributary of the Kama (river), Kama. It is long, and its drainage basin covers .«Река Ульвич»
Russian State Water Registry It begins near Mikhaylovka, Leninogorsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, Mikhaylovka, Leninogorsky District, Tatarstan and falls to the Kama south-west of Nizhnekamsk. At its headwaters the river is named the Steppe Zay (, ''Stepnoy Zay'', , ''Dala Zäye''). The lower reach of the river after the confluence with Forest Zay River, , is named simply Zay. One of headstream Steppe Zay's tributaries is also named Zay. Other major tributaries are the Moshkara, Zay-Karatay, Ursala, Aktashka, and Shumyshka rivers. The mineralization varies from 2000–3000 to 5000–8000 mg/L. Average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is . Drainage is regulated. There are two reservoirs, Zainsk Reservoir, Zainsk and Karabash Reservoirs constructed in Zay valley. Since 1978 it is protected as a ''natural monument of Tatarstan''. Zainsk, Almetyevsk and Karabash, Tatarstan, Karabash are located on the river.

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