River in Russia
TheSura (Russian:Сура́,Chuvash:Сăр,Săr) is a river in Russia, a north-flowingright tributary of theVolga. Its mouth on the Volga is about halfway between Nizhny Novgorod andKazan. It flows throughPenza Oblast,Mordovia,Ulyanovsk Oblast,Chuvashia andNizhny Novgorod Oblast. It is 841 kilometres (523 mi) long, and has adrainage basin of 67,500 square kilometres (26,100 sq mi).[1] It is navigable for 394 km from the mouth.[2]
The city ofPenza, and smaller townsAlatyr,Shumerlya,Yadrin lie along the Sura. At the confluence with the Volga lies the settlement ofVasilsursk.
The principal tributaries of the Sura are thePenza, thePyana, and theAlatyr.
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