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Samara River
Location
Country	Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Dnieper
• coordinates	48°28′51″N 35°09′13″E / 48.48083°N 35.15361°E / 48.48083; 35.15361
Length	320 km (200 mi)
Basin size	22,600 km (8,700 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	20 m/s (710 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Samara (Ukrainian: Самара) is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the Dnieper. The city of Dnipro 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 in Donetsk Oblast, 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 and the Byk.

The largest cities on the river are Oleksandrivka, Ternivka, Pavlohrad, and Novomoskovsk.

References

1. Самара (река в УССР), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
2. "Entry Display Web Page". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
3. "Samara River (Dnieper)". Memim.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

v t e Dnieper River
Tributaries	Bazavluk Berezina Bilozerka Desna Drut Inhulets Irpin Konka (Kherson) Konka (Zaporizhzhia) Oril Pripyat Psel Rohachyk Ros Samara Sozh Stuhna Sula Supii Teteriv Tiasmyn Trubizh Vorskla Zolotonoshka
Reservoirs	Dnieper Kakhovka Kamianske Kaniv Kremenchuk Kyiv
Hydroelectric stations	Dnieper Kakhovka Kaniv Kyiv HPP Kyiv PSP Kremenchuk Middle Dnieper
Canals	Dnipro – Donbas Dnipro – Inhulets Dnipro – Kryvyi Rih Kakhovka North Crimean
Cities	Cherkasy Dnipro Dorogobuzh Kyiv Mogilev Smolensk
Crossings	in Ukraine
Italics indicate left tributaries

v t e Rivers of Ukraine by tributary or drainage basin
Black Sea	Alma Chorna Danube Dnieper Tylihul Uchan-su Velykyi Kuialnyk
Bug	Poltva Solokiia
Danube	Prut Tisza
Dnieper (Rapids)	Bazavluk Desna Oster Seym Snov Sudost Inhulets Vysun Irpin Khorol Oril Pripyat Psel Ros Samara Vovcha Sula Udai Umanka Teteriv Tiasmyn Vorskla
Dniester	Barysh Bystrytsia Tysmenytska Seret Tysmenytsia Dzhuryn Hnyla Lypa Hnizna Hnizdechna Koropets Murafa Nichlava Nichlavka Samets Stavky Seret Bila Smotrych Strwiąż Stryi Opir Zbruch Zolota Lypa Zubra
Don	Derkul Polnaya Komyshna Siverskyi Donets Aidar Kharkiv Kazennyi Torets Krasna Kundryuchya Lopan Luhan Udy Vovcha Oskil
Pripyat	Horyn Sluch Stokhid Stsviha Styr Ikva Turiia Ubort Uzh
San	Lubaczówka Wiar
Sea of Azov	Kalmius Mius Krynka Molochna
Southern Bug	Chychyklia Inhul Syniukha Hnylyi Tikych Velyka Vys
Syvash	Salhyr (Zuya)

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• Tributaries of the Dnieper
• Ukraine river stubs
• Rivers of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast