Ik River

Ik River, Iq River
Country Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, Russia
Physical characteristics
Main source Bugulma-Belebey Hills
River mouth Kama, Nizhnekamsk Reservoir
Length 571 km (355 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    45.5 m3/s (1,610 cu ft/s) (near Nagaybakovo)
Basin features
Basin size 18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi)

Ik River (Russian: Ик; Tatar: Cyrillic Ык, Latin Iq; Bashkir: Ыҡ) is a river in Russia that flows north to the Kama River. It flows through the Republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan and through Orenburg Oblast. The left tributaries are Mellya, Menzelya, Dymka, and the right tributary is Usen.

The time difference between Bavly in Tatarstan and Oktyabrsky in Bashkortostan is two hours (Tatarstan uses Moscow Time and Bashkortostan uses Yekaterinburg Time). Therefore, the bridge through Ik (river-border) is jokingly called "the longest bridge in the world".[1]

Ik river
  1. ↑ The lodgest bridge in the world.(in Russian)

Coordinates: 55°42′08″N 53°22′59″E / 55.70222°N 53.38306°E / 55.70222; 53.38306


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