page_title: Menzelya
hierarchical_section_title: Menzelya
caption_attribution_description: English: The gulf of Nizhnekamsk Reservoir near Menzelya River’s mouth in Tatarstan, Russia; before the reservoir was created, Menzelya was flowing into Ik River around here Русский: Залив Нижнекамского водохранилища близ устья реки Мензеля (Татарстан, Россия). До создания водохранилища, близ этого места Мензеля впадала в реку&#160;Ик.
context_page_description: The Menzelya is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a former left-bank tributary of the river Ik, which flows into the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It is 159 kilometres long, and its drainage basin covers 2,120 square kilometres.
  The river's source is at the village Novy Menzelyabash, Sarmanovsky District, Tatarstan. Major tributaries are the Kholodnaya, Kamyshly, Iganya, Urguda rivers.
  The maximal mineralization is 400-800 mg/l. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year reaches 100 millimetres. The maximal discharge is 215 cubic metres per second. Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it is protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan.
  The town of Menzelinsk is located near the river's mouth. The notable landmark of the river and the town is an abandoned railway bridge, where the railway was never installed.
context_section_description: The Menzelya (Russian: Мензеля; Tatar: Cyrillic Минзәлә, Latin Minzälä) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a former left-bank tributary of the river Ik, which flows into the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It is 159 kilometres (99 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 2,120 square kilometres (820 sq mi).
  The river's source is at the village Novy Menzelyabash, Sarmanovsky District, Tatarstan. Major tributaries are the Kholodnaya, Kamyshly, Iganya, Urguda rivers.
  The maximal mineralization is 400-800 mg/l. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year reaches 100 millimetres (3.9 in). The maximal discharge is 215 cubic metres per second (7,600 cu ft/s). Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it is protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan.
  
  The town of Menzelinsk is located near the river's mouth. The notable landmark of the river and the town is an abandoned railway bridge, where the railway was never installed.
caption: The area of former Menzelya River mouth, now a gulf of Nizhnekamsk Reservoir
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