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The Sura (Russian: Сура́, Chuvash: Сăр) is a river in Russia, a north-flowing right tributary of the Volga. 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. It is 841 kilometres (523 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 67,500 square kilometres (26,100 sq mi).[1] It is navigable for 394 km from the mouth.[2]

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Sura
The Sura in Penza
Map of the Sura River watershed
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Source
• elevation	301 m (988 ft)
Mouth
• location	Cheboksary Reservoir
• coordinates	56°07′21″N 45°58′16″E
• 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→ Caspian Sea
Tributaries
• left	Kadada, Uza, Alatyr, Pyana
• right	Inza, Barysh, Bezdna

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 affluents of the Sura are the Penza, the Pyana, and the Alatyr.

References

External links

• Media related to Sura River at Wikimedia Commons
• The confluence of the Sura and Truev rivers in the village of the First Tarlakovo (7.05.2022) on YouTube
• Sura River near the village of Trakhanitovo (part 1) (28.08.2020) on YouTube
• Sura River near the village of Trakhanitovo (part 2) (28.08.2020) on YouTube
• Tikhmenevo village, Sura River, Kuznetsky district (9.05.2019) on YouTube
• The upper reaches of the Sura, the village of Yavleyka (9.05.2019) on YouTube
• Pond on Sura River, Tikhmenevo village (10.05.2019) on YouTube

Sura is an epithet of the gods in Sanskrit, as well as a divine drink. In addition, Sura is the Hindu goddess of wine. The exact translation from Sanskrit is "God". "Su" - "having power", "Ra" - "The Supreme Lord". "Suras" - "having power from the Supreme Lord" Sura - so named two rivers, in the area of Simbirsk and in the basin of the Northern Dvina and two cities in the Arkhangelsk and Penza regions have such names.[1]

На других языках

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[de] Sura (Fluss)

Die Sura (russisch Сура, ersjanisch Сура лей, tschuwaschisch Сӑр) ist ein 841 km langer rechter Nebenfluss der Wolga im europäischen Teil Russlands.

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- [en] Sura (river)

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[es] Río Surá (Volga)

El río Surá (en ruso: Сура́; en chuvasio: Săr, Сăр) es un largo río de la Rusia europea, uno de los grandes afluentes del río Volga. Su longitud total es de 841 km y su cuenca drena una superficie de 67.500 km².

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[it] Sura (fiume)

La Sura (in russo: Сура́?; in ciuvascio: Săr; in lingua erza: Сура лей) è un fiume della Russia europea centrale, affluente di destra del Volga.

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[ru] Сура (приток Волги)

Сура́ (чуваш. Сăр, горномар. Шур, эрз. Сура лей)[2] — большая река, правый приток Волги. Протекает по Ульяновской, Пензенской и Нижегородской областям, Мордовии, Марий Эл и Чувашии.

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