Samara River

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

Samara River
File:Old bridge Samara.jpg Samara river in the city of Samara
Mouth	Volga River
Basin countries	Russia
Length	594 km
Source elevation
Avg. discharge	approx. 50 m³/s
Basin area	46,500 km²

File:Samara River 51.64461E 53.11661N.jpg

Lower Samara from space, Ural River at lower right

The Samara (Russian: Сама́ра) is a river in Russia, left tributary of Volga. The city of Samara is located at the confluence of Volga and Samara. The river rises southwest of the southern end of the Ural Mountains close to the middle Ural River near the town of Orenburg. It then flows west or west northwest to meet the hairpin bend of the Volga at the town of Samara. It was the traditional southern boundary of the Bashkir country. On the south side was the Nogai Horde, who were replaced by the Kalmyks around 1630. From 1735-1740 the Orenburg Line of forts ran along the Samara.

Honours

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