Ashit

The Ashit (Ашит; Ашыт ) is a river in Tatarstan and Mari El, Russian Federation, a left-bank tributary of the Ilet. It is 89 km long, and its drainage basin covers 1065 km2.

Major tributaries are the Ura, Semit, Shashi, Urtemka, and Ilinka. The maximal mineralization 450 mg/L. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is 180 mm. Drainage is regulated. The lower part of the valley is swamped. The villages Alat and Bolshaya Atnya are in the river valley.