The Sura (russian: Сура́, cv, Сăр, ''Săr'') is a river in Russia, a north-flowing

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 drainage ...

of the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

. Its mouth on the Volga is about half way between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. It flows through

Penza Oblast Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186. Geogr ...

, Mordovia, Ulyanovsk Oblast,

Chuvashia Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...

and

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...

. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .«Река СУРА»
Russian State Water Registry It is navigable for 394 km from the mouth. The city of Penza, and smaller towns Alatyr,

Shumerlya Shumerlya (russian: Шу́мерля; cv, Çĕмĕрле, ''Śĕmĕrle'') is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 35,000 (1974). History F ...

Yadrin Yadrin (russian: Я́дрин; cv, Етӗрне, ''Yetĕrne'') is a town and the administrative center of Yadrinsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Yadrin is located on the left bank of the Sura River, southwest of Cheboksary, the c ...

lie along the Sura. At the confluence with the Volga there is a settlement of Vasilsursk. The principal affluents of the Sura are the Penza, the Pyana, and the Alatyr. Sura near Alatyr

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* * * * * * * 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.https://tunnel.ru/post-sanskritskie-vedicheskie-nazvaniya-rossii-i-blizhnego-zarubezhya#:~:text=Сура%20-%20это%20эпитет%20богов,Пензенской%20области%20имеют%20такие%20названия Rivers of Chuvashia Rivers of Mordovia Rivers of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Rivers of Penza Oblast Rivers of Ulyanovsk Oblast {{UlyanovskOblast-geo-stub