Bolshoy Cheremshan

Bolshoy Cheremshan (Большой Черемшан, literally Greater Cheremshan, Олы Чирмешән) is a river in Russia, a left tributary of the Volga between the Kama and Samara. It is 336 km long, and has a drainage basin of 11500 km2. It flows southwest to the Volga near Dimitrovgrad. The main inflows are the Bolshaya Sulcha and Maly Cheremshan. The maximal discharge is 1660 m3/s (1979), and the minimal mineralization is 600-800 mg/l. The riverbed is meandering and the meadows are wide. From around 1650 the Trans-Kama Line of forts ran along or near the Cheremshan.