Bula | |
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Location | |
Country | The Chuvash Republic and Tatarstan, Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lipovka, Ibresinsky District, Chuvash Republic |
Mouth | Sviyaga |
• location | near Devlikeyevo, Apastovsky District, Tatarstan |
• coordinates | 55°12′19″N 48°23′10″E / 55.20528°N 48.38611°E |
Length | 118 km (73 mi) |
Basin size | 1,580 km2 (610 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 490 m3/s (17,000 cu ft/s) (max, 1979, near Chatbash) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sviyaga→ Volga→ Caspian Sea |
The Bula (Russian: Була; Chuvash: Пăла, Păla; Tatar: Бола) is a river in the Chuvash Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a left-bank tributary of the Sviyaga. Its length is 118 kilometres (73 mi) and its drainage basin is 1,580 square kilometres (610 sq mi).[1] It originates in the Chuvash Republic and falls into the Sviyaga River south of Devlikeyevo.
Major tributaries are the Cheremshan and the Malaya Bula. The maximum mineralization is 700–1000 mg/L.[2] Batyrevo, the administrative center of Batyrevsky District of the Chuvash Republic, is located on the river.