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{{Infobox river
  | name              = Sura
  | image             = Sura River in Penza IMG 2613.JPG
  | image_alt         =
  | image_caption     = The Sura in [[Penza]]
  | map               = Sura basin-2.png
  | map_alt           =
  | map_caption       = Map of the Sura River watershed
  | source1_location  = 
  | mouth_location    = [[Cheboksary Reservoir]]
  | progression       = [[Cheboksary Reservoir]]→ {{RVolga}}
  | subdivision_type1 = Country
  | subdivision_name1 = [[Russia]]
  | location          = 
  | length            = {{convert|841|km|mi|abbr=on}}
  | source1_elevation = {{convert|301|m|ft|abbr=on}}
  | mouth_elevation   = {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on}}
  | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|56|07|21|N|45|58|16|E|region:RU-NIZ_type:river_source:dewiki|display=it}}
  | discharge1_avg    = {{convert|260|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
  | basin_size        = {{convert|67500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
  | river_system      =
  | tributaries_left  = Kadada, Uza, [[Alatyr (river)|Alatyr]], [[Pyana]]
  | tributaries_right = Inza, [[Barysh (river)|Barysh]], [[Bezdna (Chuvashia)|Bezdna]]
}}
The '''Sura''' ({{langx|ru|Сура́}}, {{langx|cv|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 Republic|Chuvashia]] and [[Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]. It is {{convert|841|km}} long, and has a [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|67500|km2}}.<ref name=gvr>[http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=177419 «Река СУРА»], Russian State Water Registry</ref> It is navigable for 394&nbsp;km from the mouth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://translate.academic.ru/sura/sa/ru/ | title=Перевод sura с санскрита на русский }}</ref>

The city of [[Penza]], and smaller towns [[Alatyr (town)|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 (river)|Penza]], the [[Pyana]], and the [[Alatyr (river)|Alatyr]].
[[File:Sura near Alatyr.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Sura River near [[Alatyr, Chuvash Republic|Alatyr]].]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Sura River}}
* {{YouTube|wnuwCSroaVk|The confluence of the Sura and Truev rivers in the village of the First Tarlakovo (7.05.2022)}}
* {{YouTube|eOfTG7xb0nM|Sura River near the village of Trakhanitovo (part 1) (28.08.2020)}}
* {{YouTube|8yEdS2wOoDQ|Sura River near the village of Trakhanitovo (part 2) (28.08.2020)}}
* {{YouTube|G4K9kN64iDc|Tikhmenevo village, Sura River, Kuznetsky district (9.05.2019)}}
* {{YouTube|_rkUL67Vc-U|The upper reaches of the Sura, the village of Yavleyka (9.05.2019)}}
* {{YouTube|14CtvcQpaE8|Pond on Sura River, Tikhmenevo village (10.05.2019)}}

{{Volga River}}
{{Rivers of Russia}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Chuvashia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Mordovia]]
[[Category:Rivers of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast]]
[[Category:Rivers of Penza Oblast]]
[[Category:Rivers of Ulyanovsk Oblast]]


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