Samara River (Dnieper)

The Samara (Ukrainian: Самара) is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the river Dnieper. The city of Dnipropetrovsk is located near the confluence of Dnieper and Samara.

The river has a length of 320 km and a drainage basin of 22,600 km². The water quantities are variable, mainly because the river is fed by 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 River are the Vovotscha River and the Byk River.

The largest cities on the river are Ternivka and Novomoskovsk.

Dnieper River Tributaries1 Drut Berezina Sozh Pripyat Horyn Sluch Ubort Teteriv Irpin Desna Stuhna Trubizh Ros Tiasmyn Supiy Sula Pslo Vorskla Samara Konka Bilozerka Bazavluk Inhulets Zolotonoshka River Reservoirs Chernobyl Reservoir Dnieper Dniprodzerzhynsk Kakhovka Kaniv Kiev Kremenchuk Hydroelectric stations Dnieper Dniprodzerzhynsk Kakhovka Kaniv Kiev HPP Kiev PSP Kremenchuk Canals North Crimean Dnieper - Donbas Main Kakhovka Magistrale Dnieper - Kryvyi Rih Dnieper - Inhulets Cities Dorogobuzh Smolensk Mahilyow Kiev Cherkasy Dnipropetrovsk 1 Italics indicate left tributaries

Coordinates: 48°28′51″N 35°09′13″E / 48.48083°N 35.15361°E / 48.48083; 35.15361