Main source 301 m (988 ft) Basin area 67,500 km² Country Russia | Length 841 km Mouth Cheboksary Reservoir | |
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River mouth Cheboksary Reservoir
60 m (200 ft) Progression Cheboksary Reservoir—Volga River—Caspian Sea Basin size 67,500 km (26,100 sq mi) Discharge Average rate:
260 m/s (9,200 cu ft/s) | ||
The Sura (Russian: Сура́, Chuvash: Сăр) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Volga River. 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.
Map of Sura River, Russia
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.
References
Sura River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA