Samara (Volga) Explained

Samara River
Mouth Coordinates:	53.1669°N 50.0619°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Length:	594km (369miles)
Discharge1 Avg:	approx. 50m3/s
Basin Size:	46500km2

The Samara (Russian: Сама́ра|p=sɐˈmarə) is a river in Russia and a left-bank tributary of the Volga. It flows into the larger river at the city of Samara.^[1] Its largest tributary is the Bolshoy Kinel.^[2] It is 594km (369miles) long, and its drainage basin covers 46500km2.^[3]

Honours

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

Samarabatrachus, a temnospondyl from the Lower Triassic (Induan) deposits of Borsky District, Samara Oblast, was named after this river in 2016. This animal is known by a skull of 15.3 cm in length.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon Richmond. Russia. https://books.google.com/books?id=98KCfjd6E7YC&q=samara+river&pg=PA447. Ebook. 2009. Lonely Planet. 447. Ulyanovsk and Samara. 9781742203737.
2. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article099128.html Самара (река в Оренбургской и Куйбышевской обл.)
3. http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=185052 «Река Бездна»
4. Novikov I.V.. 2016. New Tempospondyl Amphibians from the Basal Triassic of the Obshchii Syrt Highland, Eastern Europe. Paleontological Journal. 3. 88-100. ru. 10.7868/S0031031X16030065. https://web.archive.org/web/20240122205103/http://paleosamara.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B.pdf. 2024-01-22. live.