Samara River
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For the tributary of the Dnieper see Samara River (Dnieper).
| Samara River | |
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 Samara river in the city of Samara |
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| Mouth | Volga River |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Length | 594 km |
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| Avg. discharge | approx. 50 m³/s |
| Basin area | 46,500 km² |
The Samara (Russian: Сама́ра) is a river in Russia, left tributary of Volga. The city of Samara is located at the confluence of Volga and Samara. It rises southwest of the southern end of the Ural Mountains close to the middle Ural River near the town of Orenburg. It then flows west or west northwest to meet the hairpin bend of the Volga at the town of Samara. It was the traditional southern boundary of the Bashkir country. On the south side was the Nogai Horde, who were replaced by the Kalmyks around 1630. From 1735-1740 the Orenburg Line of forts ran along the Samara.
[edit] Honours
The asteroid 26922 Samara was named in honour of the river and city on 1 June 2007.†
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Coordinates: 53°10′01″N 50°03′43″E / 53.16694°N 50.06194°E
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