At present, oil stocks of Tatarstan are estimated to be .8-1.0 billion tons. The Republic contains rich deposits of petroleum bitumens. In addition, Tatarstan possesses reserves of brown and black coal, combustible slates, copper ores, gypsum, raw material for cement, sand, and gravel mixtures, sand for masonry and glass-making, limestones and dolomites, clays, phosphorites, mineral waters, and medical muds. The Republic has huge water resources. The annual river flow of the Republic exceeds 240 billion cubic meters.
Soils are very diverse, the best fertile soils covering one-third of the territory.
The total flow of the four rivers amounts to 234 billion cubic meters per year. Part of the territory of the Republic is occupied by the reservoirs Kuibyshev and Nizhnekamskoye. Tatarstan is a multi-ethnic republic made up of more than 70 ethnic groups. Tatar communities can also be found in many countries of Europe, Asia, America, and Australia. Upper and bottom strip are equal in width.