Sura (river)
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| Sura | |
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 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 / 56.12250°N 45.97111°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 Sura (Russian: Сура́, Chuvash: Сăр, Săr) is a river in Russia, a north-flowing right tributary of the Volga. Its mouth on the Volga is about halfway 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]
The city of Penza, and smaller towns Alatyr, Shumerlya, Yadrin lie along the Sura. At the confluence with the Volga lies the settlement of Vasilsursk.
The principal tributaries of the Sura are the Penza, the Pyana, and the Alatyr.
Names
[edit]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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ «Река СУРА», Russian State Water Registry
- ^ "Перевод sura с санскрита на русский".
- ^ Завалинка, Спроси Алену. "Санскритские (ведические) названия России и ближнего зарубежья". tunnel.ru.
External links
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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
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