Sviyaga

The Sviyaga (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Sĕve) is a river in the Ulyanovsk Oblast and Tatarstan, a right tributary of the Volga.<ref>Свияга, Great Soviet Encyclopedia</ref> It is Template:Convert long, and its drainage basin covers Template:Convert.<ref name=gvr>«Река Свияга», Russian State Water Registry</ref> The Sviyaga flows into the Sviyaga Cove of the Kuybyshev Reservoir, west of Kazan. It freezes up in November or December and stays icebound until April or May. Major tributaries are the Arya, Birlya, Bula, Karla, Kubnya, Sulitsa and Tosha rivers.

The city of Ulyanovsk is along the Sviyaga. In Ulyanovsk, the Sviyaga flows only a few kilometres away from the Volga, but their eventual confluence happens much further downstream, about Template:Convert north of Ulyanovsk.

The castle of Sviyazhsk, which dates to 1551, is on the island in Sviyaga Cove of the Kuybyshev Reservoir.

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