Unga ( Urga , Etmesh [2] ; ( Chuvash. Unka ) - the river, the left tributary of the Great Tsivilia . It flows through the Cheboksary , Krasnoarmeysky and Tsivilsky districts of Chuvashia . The length of the river is 66 km (according to other sources - 64.8 km [2] ) , the catchment area is 719 km² [3] , the density coefficient of the river network is 0.70 km / km² [2] .
| Unga | |
|---|---|
| Chuvash. Unkă | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 66 km |
| Pool | 719 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | near the village of Mikshi-Enzey |
| • Height | above 107.8 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Big Tsivil |
| • Location | 1 km west of Ryndino Tsivilsky district |
| • Height | 61.5 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Bolshoy Tsivil → Volga → Caspian Sea |
| A country |
|
| Region | Chuvashia |
| Areas | Cheboksary District , Krasnoarmeysky District , Tsivilsky District |
| HWR Code | |
Content
Tributaries
It has 27 tributaries, the main of them are the Morgushka , Pokshushka , Kunar [2] .
Title
Local historian I.S. Dubanov notes:
The name most likely comes from Mar. ungsho "quiet, calm", which indicates the nature of the flow of the river. Presumably, the Chuvash version of Chuv . unkă “circle, ring”. Wed mar hego "loop"
- Geographic names of the Chuvash Republic [4]
Economic value
The riverbed is regulated by dams and dams created for household and drinking use [2] .
In art
- Picture M.S. Spiridonov . Unga River. Vetla. 1948 Oil on canvas. 50 x 69 cm. ( Chuvash State Art Museum );
- Picture M.S. Spiridonov . Unga River. 1949 Oil on canvas. 57 x 42 cm. (Chuvash State Art Museum).
Water Registry Data
According to the state water register of Russia, it belongs to the Upper Volga basin district , the water management section of the river - Tsivil from source to mouth, the river sub-basin of the river - Volga from the Oka to the Kuibyshev reservoir (without the Sura basin). The river basin is (Upper) Volga to the Kuibyshev reservoir (without the Oka basin) [3] .
The object code in the state water register is 08010400412112100000209 [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Surface water resources of the USSR: Hydrological knowledge. T. 12. The Lower Volga region and Western Kazakhstan. Issue 1. The Lower Volga / ed. O.M. Zubchenko. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966. - 287 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Kirillov A. A. Unga, Urga, Etmesh // Electronic Chuvash Encyclopedia .
- ↑ 1 2 3 State Water Register . Unga . textual.ru . Ministry of Environment of Russia (March 29, 2009). The appeal date was December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Dubanov I.S. Geographical names of the Chuvash Republic: local lore dictionary / I. S. Dubanov. - Cheboksary: Chuvash. Prince publishing house, 2017. - p. 447. - 575 p. - ISBN 978-5-7670-2541-1 .