Sura (river)
| Sura River | |
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 Sura River in Penza | |
 Map of the Sura River watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 301 m (988 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cheboksary Reservoir |
• elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Length | 841 km (523 mi) |
| Basin size | 67,500 km2 (26,100 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 260 m3/s (9,200 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cheboksary Reservoir—Volga River—Caspian Sea |
The Sura (Russian: Сура́, Chuvash: Сăр) is a river in Russia, a north-flowing right tributary of the Volga River. Its mouth on the Volga is about half way between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. It flows through Penza Oblast, Mordovia, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Chuvashia and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Its length is 841 km, it is navigable for 394 km from the mouth.
The city of Penza, and smaller towns Alatyr, Shumerlya, Yadrin lie along the Sura. At the confluence with the Volga there is a settlement of Vasilsursk.
The principal confluents of the Sura are the Penza River, the Pyana River, and the Alatyr River.
External links
Media related to Sura River at Wikimedia Commons
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