The Bolshaya Kokshaga is a river in Kirov Oblast

Kirov Oblast

Kirov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: -History:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Vyatka remained a place of exile for opponents of the tsarist regime, including many prominent revolutionary figures.In 1920, a number of...

 and Mari El

Mari El

The Mari El Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Yoshkar-Ola. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia, along the Volga River. The swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic...

, Russian Federation

Russia

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. It is a left-bank tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Volga. Its length is 297 km and its drainage basin is 6,330 km². The river is fed by snow and rain, and from November till April it is usually frozen.

The river originates in the coniferous forests of Kirov Oblast where the area is thinly populated by the Russians

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 and Mari people. The main settlements on Kokshaga are Kiknur and Sanchursk in Kirov Oblast. The Mari El

Mari El

The Mari El Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Yoshkar-Ola. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia, along the Volga River. The swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic...

 river passes through the Mari Depression

Mari Depression

The Mari Depression is a depression at the left side of the Volga, from the western borders of the Mari El to the Bolshaya Kokshaga River. Elevation is from 50 to 100 meters, now is partly flooded with Cheboksary Reservoir. The dunes covered with forests are situated between the rivers.-References:...

, where mixed forests and swamps are situated. This area is also thinly populated and the Bolshaya Kokshaga preserve is located there. The Bolshaya Kokshaga flows to the Kuybyshev Reservoir, and then to the Volga near Kokshaisk, Mari El

Mari El

The Mari El Republic is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Yoshkar-Ola. Population: -Geography:The republic is located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of Russia, along the Volga River. The swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic...

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The main tributary of the Bolshaya Kokshaga is the Bolshoy Kundysh River

Bolshoy Kundysh River

Bolshoy Kundysh is a river in Kirov Oblast and Mari El, Russia, a right tributary of the Bolshaya Kokshaga River. It is 173 km long, its drainage basin is 1720 km². Bolshoy Kundysh flows across the fen of the Mari depression. Kilemary settlement is placed on Bolshoy Kundysh. The river is...

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Rafting

Rafting is popular on the Bolshaya Kokshaga in the spring time, from April-May. In summer the river become shallow and the riverbed becomes blocked with logs and legs floating downstreams. If they're in your way you can walk past them, unless, however, they are your legs blocking the stream.

See also

• Malaya Kokshaga