Editing Tatarstan (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Tatar03.png|thumb|Map of the Republic of Tatarstan]]

The republic is located in the center of the [[East European Plain]], approximately {{convert|800|km|sp=}} east of [[Moscow]]. It lies between the [[Volga River]] and the [[Kama River]] (a [[tributary]] of the Volga), and extends east to the [[Ural Mountains]].

[[Oak]] is the dominant tree species on 87% of the total area, followed by [[aspen]], [[Tilia|linden]], [[birch]], and [[Pinus sylvestris|Scots pine]]. The total forest cover has decreased from 51.2% to 17.1% over the last 300 years.<ref name=":6" />

The [[Volga-Kama Nature Reserve]] is situated in Tatarstan.

=== Borders ===

* Neighbours: [[Kirov Oblast]] (N), [[Udmurt Republic]] (N/NE), [[Republic of Bashkortostan]] (E/SE), [[Orenburg Oblast]] (SE), [[Samara Oblast]] (S), [[Ulyanovsk Oblast]] (S/SW), [[Chuvash Republic]] (W), [[Mari El Republic]] (W/NW).
* Highest point: {{convert|381|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="9D9qp" />
* Maximum N–S distance: {{convert|290|km|abbr=on}}
* Maximum E–W distance: {{convert|460|km|abbr=on}}

=== Rivers ===
[[File:Volga steep Tatarstan.jpg|thumb|View of the [[Volga River]] at the confluence with the [[Kama River]]]]
[[File:Kama yelabuga.jpg|thumb|View over the Toyma River from Devil's Tower in [[Yelabuga]]]]
[[File:Sviyazhsk Rozhdestvenskaya Street and pier 08-2016 img1.jpg|thumb|[[Sviyazhsk]], located at the confluence of the Volga and [[Sviyaga River|Sviyaga]] rivers]]

Major rivers include:
* [[Azevka River]]
* [[Belaya River (Kama)|Belaya River]]
* [[Ik River]]
* [[Kama River]]
* [[Volga River]]
* [[Vyatka River]]
* [[Kazanka River]]
* [[Zay River]]

=== Lakes ===
Major reservoirs of the republic include:
* [[Kuybyshev Reservoir]]
* [[Lower Kama Reservoir]]
* [[Zainsk Reservoir]]
The biggest lake is [[Kaban Lakes|Kaban]]. The biggest swamp is [[Kulyagash]].

=== Hills ===
* [[Bugulma-Belebey Upland]]
* [[Volga Upland]]
* [[Vyatskiye Uvaly]]

=== Basins ===

* [[Ulema basin]]<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |last1=Medvedeva |first1=R. A. |last2=Golosov |first2=V. N. |last3=Ermolaev |first3=O. P. |date=2018 |title=Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Gully Erosion in the Zone of Intensive Agriculture in the European Part of Russia |url=https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/7920186140 |journal=Geography and Natural Resources |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=204–211 |doi=10.1134/S1875372818030034 |bibcode=2018GNR....39..204M |s2cid=133846024 |issn=1875-3728}}</ref>
* [[Mesha basin]]<ref name=":7" />

=== Natural resources ===
The major natural resources of Tatarstan include [[petroleum|oil]], [[natural gas]] and [[gypsum]]. It is estimated that the republic has over one billion [[metric ton|tons]] of oil deposits.<ref name="tatar.ru" />

=== Climate ===
* ''Average January temperature'': {{convert|-15|C}}
* ''Average July temperature:'' {{convert|+18|C}}
* ''Average annual temperature:'' +{{convert|4|C}}
* ''Average annual [[precipitation]]'': up to {{convert|500|to|550|mm|abbr=on}}