{{Infobox landform | name = Mari Depression | other_name = Марийская низменность | type = Depression | image = ·˙·ChinaUli2010·.· Republik Mari El - panoramio.jpg | caption = Aerial view of the area | coordinates = {{coord|56|30|N|46|35|E|type:landform|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | area = {{Convert|270000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} | part_of = Volga Basin | elevation = {{convert|50|m|sp=us}} to {{convert|100|m|sp=us}} | pushpin_map = Russia Mari El | map_caption = Location in Mari El, Russia | pushpin_relief = 1 | location = Mari El, Russia }} The '''Mari Depression''' ({{langx|ru|Марийская низменность}}) is a depression in Gornomariysky District, Mari El, Russian Federation. ==Geography== The depression is located on the left side of the Volga, from the western borders of the Mari El to the Bolshaya Kokshaga River. The average height of the depression is between {{convert|50|m|sp=us}} and {{convert|100|m|sp=us}} and there are many small lakes and swamps.<ref name="GSE">[https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/bse/106690/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F Марийская низменность], Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978.</ref> The area is now partly flooded by the Cheboksary Reservoir, which dams the Volga.<ref name=researchgate>{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226842078|doi=10.1023/B:WARE.0000028702.74325.c5|title=The State of Benthic Communities and Water Quality Evaluation in the Cheboksary Reservoir|journal=Water Resources|volume=31|issue=3|pages=316–322|year=2004|last1=Nazarova|first1=L. B.|last2=Semenov|first2=V. F.|last3=Sabirov|first3=R. M.|last4=Efimov|first4=I. Yu.}}</ref> ==Dunes== There are ancient dunes covered with forests located between the rivers.<ref name="GSE"/>
==References== {{reflist}} *{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.rubricon.com/ann/bse/14_m/14_m62261.asp БСЭ: Марийская низменность]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Category:Landforms of Mari El Category:East European Plain Category:Depressions of Russia Category:Dunes of Russia
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