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Samara

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Also known as Samara River

river in Russia, tributary of the Volga

Key facts

Country
Russia
Mouth
Volga
Length
594 km (369 mi)
Basin size
46,500 km (18,000 sq mi)
Average
approx. 50 m /s (1,800 cu ft/s)
Progression
Volga → Caspian Sea

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Lower Samara from space flowing left into Volga river, Ural River at lower right The Samara (Russian: Сама́ра, IPA: [sɐˈmarə]) is a river in Russia and a left-bank tributary of the Volga. It flows into the Volga at the city of Samara. Its largest tributary is the Bolshoy Kinel. It is 594 kilometres (369 mi) long, and its drainage basin covers 46,500 square kilometres (18,000 mi).

Honours

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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