Samara River (Dnieper)

Catchment area of the Dnieper with the course of the Samara ( Самара )

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The Samara (Ukrainian Самара ) is a left tributary of the Dnieper River and flows through the steppes of southern Ukraine. It has a length of 320 km and a catchment area of 22,600 km ².

From its source in the western Donezrücken ( ukrain. Donezkyj krjasch ) in the Donetsk Oblast of the river flows through the oblasts of Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk, before he joins in Dnipropetrovsk in the Dniprodserschynsker Reservoir, which is used for irrigation and fish farming.

The average discharge is near the mouth of about 20 m³ / s The amounts of water are highly variable, as the river is mainly fed by snowmelt. Thus, the water level drops in the upper reaches, and the Samara is dry in the summer, with hold places swamps. The gradient of the river is 0.33 m km generally very low, so there are more bog / in the middle and lower reaches of the river, which characterize the shore. The width of the river moves between 40 and 60 m and reaches at its widest point, 300 m. The lower reaches of the river is navigable.

The main tributaries are the Wowtscha and Byk ( left bank ). Among the larger towns along the river include Olexandriwka, Pawlohrad, Terniwka and Nowomoskowsk.