<p> &nbsp;</p> <div> <div> Tatarstan, like no other republic is rich in rivers. There are more than five hundred small rivers, eight thousand lakes and ponds in Tatarstan. Huge water resources are found in the two biggest reservoirs- the Kuibyshevskoye and the Nizhnekamskoye.&nbsp; <div> <div> žTatarstan is considered to be one of the most oil polluted regions because of pipeline breaks. Often plants and factories dump chemical wastes into water.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <div> &nbsp;</div> </div>