Samara River

This article is about the tributary of the Volga. For the tributary of the Dnieper, see Samara River (Dnieper).

Samara River
Samara river in the city of Samara
Country	Russia
Basin
River mouth	Volga River
Basin size	46,500 km² (18,000 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	594 km (369 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: approx. 50 m³/s (1,800 cu ft/s)

Lower Samara from space, Ural River at lower right

The Samara is a river in Russia that runs into the Volga at the city of Samara.^[1]

Honours

The asteroid 26922 Samara was named in honour of the river and city on 1 June 2007.†

↑ Simon Richmond (2009). "Ulyanovsk and Samara". Russia (Ebook ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 447.

Volga River

Tributaries	Selizharovka Vazuza Tvertsa Shosha Dubna Medveditsa Nerl Kashinka Sit Mologa Suda Sheksna Sogozha Kotorosl Kostroma Nyomda Unzha Uzola Oka Kudma Kerzhenets Sura Vetluga Rutka Tsivil Great Kokshaga Little Kokshaga Anish Ilet Sviyaga Sumka Kazanka Kama Aktay Bezdna Cheremshan Sok Samara Chapayevka Little Irgiz Irgiz Tereshka Yeruslan Akhtuba (distributary)

Reservoirs	Lake Volgo Ivankovo Uglich Rybinsk Gorky Cheboksary Kuybyshev Saratov Volgograd

Hydroelectric stations	Ivankovo Uglich Rybinsk Nizhny Novgorod Cheboksary Zhiguli Saratov Volga

Canals	Moscow Canal Volga–Baltic Waterway Volga–Don Canal

Cities	Astrakhan Volgograd Saratov Samara Kazan Ulyanovsk Nizhny Novgorod Yaroslavl Tver

Authority control	GND: 4799402-2

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