Imza is a river in the Nizhny Novgorod region , the left tributary of the Urga , the largest tributary of this river. The length of the river is 91 km, the catchment area is 716 km² [2] . 62 km from the mouth, it takes the Rakitka River on the left.
| Imza | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 91 km |
| Swimming pool | 716 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Height | 153.0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Urga |
| • Height | 77.0 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| River slope | 0.8 m / km |
| Location | |
| Water system | Urga → Sura → Cheboksary Reservoir → Volga → Caspian Sea |
| A country |
|
| Region | Nizhny Novgorod Region |
| Areas | Knyagininsky district , Lyskovsky district , Spassky district , Vorotynsky district |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
Content
- 1 General
- 2 Etymology
- 3 History
- 4 Water registry data
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 Topographic maps
General data
The source is located near the village of Pesochnoe of the Knyaginino district , 13 km southwest of the city of Knyaginino . The river flows north, northeast and east. The upper course lies in the Knyagininsky district, the middle - in the Lyskovsky district . In the lower reaches, it serves as the border between the Lyskovsky and Spassky regions , below - between Vorotynsky and Spassky.
The largest settlement on the river is the city of Knyaginino . In addition to it, the river flows through villages and villages of Solovievo (Knyagininsky district); Sushchevo, Gugino, Negonovo, Lenkovo, Nikolskoye, Berendeevka, Vladimirovka, Saurovo, Belozerich , Vargani (Lyskovsky district); Nikolaevka, Olgino (Vorotynsky district). Between the villages of Belozerich and Vargana on the river is a network of drainage ditches. Tributaries - Rakitka , Stepanovka, Kurgan (left); Princess, Basman (right).
Shortly before the mouth, on the right bank of the river is the village of Krasnaya Gorka . Below the village of Imza flows into Urga . The width of the river at the mouth is about 25 meters; in the lower reaches forms backwaters and islands.
Etymology
It is believed that the name of the river comes from the Mordvinian word “Inzay” - raspberries [3] . The river bore other names (Ilse, Livza, Liviza), the origin of which is unknown [4] .
History
In the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries, Urga was considered a tributary of the Imza, and not vice versa [5] . These ideas are reflected in a number of encyclopedic ( ESBE ) and reference ( State Water Register ) publications.
Water registry data
According to the state water register of Russia, it belongs to the Upper Volga Basin District , the water sector of the river is Sura from the mouth of the Alatyr river to the mouth, and the river sub-basin is Sura. The river basin - (Upper) Volga to the Kuibyshev reservoir (without the Oka basin) [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 10. Upper Volga region / ed. V.P. Shaban. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966 .-- 528 p.
- ↑ 1 2 State Water Register . Imza . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Ecological page (ICBC of the Vorotynsky district) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 27, 2019. Archived March 5, 2016.
- ↑ Ulitin V.N. Knyagininsky fatherland: Historical and local history essay. Part 1. - Nizhny Novgorod, 1997 .-- S. 14.
- ↑ Dokuchaev V.V. Works. T. 5. - M.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1961. - S. 329. . books.google.com Date of treatment June 24, 2019.
Literature
- Ruchin A. B., Artaev O. N., Klevakin A. A. et al. Fish population of the Sura River basin: species diversity, populations, distribution, protection . - Saransk: Mordov. University, 2016 .-- 272 p. - ISBN 978-5-7103-3217-7 .
Topographic maps
- Map sheet N-38-IV . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .
- Map sheet O-38-XXXIV . Scale: 1: 200,000. Terrain condition for 1981. 1986 edition
- Map sheet N-38-III . Scale: 1: 200 000. Indicate the date of issue / condition of the area .