The Samara () is a river in
Ukraine
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, a
left tributary of the
Dnieper
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. The city of
Dnipro
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is located near the confluence of the Dnieper and the Samara.
The river has a length of 320 km and a drainage basin of 22,600 km². From its source, near the village of Mar'ivka in the suburbs of
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk ( uk, Краматорськ, translit=Kramatorsk ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significan ...
in
Donetsk Oblast
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, the river flows through the oblasts of Kharkiv (briefly) and Dnipropetrovsk (for most of its length). As it approaches the Dnieper, it goes through Samara Bay (formerly Lenin Lake), an artificial lake 10km long and 3km wide, formed as a result of the hydroelectric dam on the Dnieper.
The Samara is mostly used for irrigation and fish farming. The water quantities are variable, mainly because the river is fed by snowmelt from the spring thaw. The width of the river varies between 40 and 60 meters, with 300 m being the maximum.
The most important tributaries of the Samara are the
Vovcha
The Vovcha ( uk, Вовча) is a river of Ukraine. The river flows for 323 kilometres, covering a basin area of 13,300 km². It runs through the city of Pavlohrad. It flows into the Samara
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), k ...
and the
Byk.
The largest cities on the river are
Oleksandrivka,
Ternivka,
Pavlohrad, and
Novomoskovsk.
References
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Rivers of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast