Sorma ( Chuvash. Surăm ) is a river in Chuvashia , the left tributary of Greater Civil . Flowing through the territory of the Morgaushsky and Alikovsky districts, in the lower reaches it is the border between the Vurnarsky and Krasnoarmeysky districts of Chuvashia.
| Feed | |
|---|---|
| Chuvash. Surăm | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 49 km |
| Pool | 370 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | Odarkino , Morgaushsky District |
| • Height | 172 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Greater Civil |
| • Location | border of the Krasnoarmeysky and Vurnarsky districts |
| • Height | 74 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Bolshoi Civil → Volga → Caspian Sea |
| A country |
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| Region | Chuvashia |
| Areas | Morgaushsky district , Alikovsky district , Vurnarsky district , Krasnoarmeysky district |
| HWR code | |
 - source  - mouth | |
The length is 49 km, the catchment area is 370 km² [2] . The height of the source is 172 m above sea level [3] . The height of the mouth is 74 m above sea level [4] .
Throughout it flows from the northwest to the southeast. The river valley is slightly winding. The density coefficient of the river network is 0.52 km / km² [5] . A pronounced spring flood , stable winter and low summer low water . Mixed food, mainly snow.
It has 9 tributaries [5] , among them: Orbashka , Shumshevashka , Urbashka [6] .
Significant settlements are the villages of Hornkasy , Lower Pankley , Chuvash Sorma , Russian Sorma , Yandoba .
Title
The name comes from Russian . Sorma “a shallow place in a river with a hard bottom” (East-Russian), or from Russian. sarma “roll, river threshold” (east-Russian) [7] [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 12. Lower Volga and Western Kazakhstan. Vol. 1. Lower Volga / ed. O. M. Zubchenko. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1966 .-- 287 p.
- ↑ State Water Register . Sorma . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Map sheet N-38-10-A - FSUE GOSGISCENTER
- ↑ Map sheet N-38-11-Cc - FSUE GOSGISCENTER
- ↑ 1 2 Trifonova M.M. Sorma . Electronic Chuvash Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Rostovtseva M.M. Urbashka . Electronic Chuvash Encyclopedia .
- ↑ feed ; Sarma // Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language : in 4 volumes / auth. V.I. Dahl . - 2nd ed. - SPb. : Printing house of M.O. Wolf , 1880-1882. - T. 4. - S. 289, 141.
- ↑ Dubanov I.S. Geographical names of the Chuvash Republic: local history dictionary / I. S. Dubanov. - Cheboksary: Chuvash. Prince Publishing House, 2017 .-- S. 381. - 575 p. - ISBN 978-5-7670-2541-1 .
Literature
- L. I. Efimov , “Elĕk Enĕ” (Krai Alikovsky), Alikovo , 1994.