Sulitsa

The Sulitsa (Сули́ца, Сөлчә) is a river in Tatarstan, Russian Federation, a right-bank tributary of the Sviyaga. It is 47 km long, and its drainage basin covers 517 km2. It begins 3 km west of Maydan village of the Verkhneuslonsky District and flows to the Kuybyshev Reservoir south of Sviyazhsk. Major tributaries are the Changara, Mamatkozino, and Klyancheyka. The maximal mineralization 500–700 mg/L. The average sediment deposition at the river mouth per year is 113 mm. Drainage is regulated. Since 1978 it has been protected as a natural monument of Tatarstan.