The Bolshoy Kinel (russian: Большо́й Кине́ль) is a river in
Orenburg and
Samara Oblast
Samara Oblast ( rus, Сама́рская о́бласть, r=Samarskaya oblast, p=sɐˈmarskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Samara. From 1935 to 1991, it was known as Kuyb ...
s of
Russia
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. It is a right
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the river
Samara, and is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
[«Река Б.КИНЕЛЬ»]
Russian State Water Registry It has its sources on the northern slopes of the
Obshchy Syrt hills, and flows into the Samara east of the city of
Samara.
Along the river are located the towns of
Buguruslan
Buguruslan (russian: Бугурусла́н) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
It was founded in 1748.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buguruslan serves as the admi ...
,
Pokhvistnevo,
Otradny and, at the confluence with the Samara,
Kinel.
References
Rivers of Orenburg Oblast
Rivers of Samara Oblast
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