
Map of the Volga watershed with the Sura highlighted
'Sura' (,
chuvash Сăр) is a river in
Russia, a right
tributary of the
Volga River. It flows through
Penza Oblast,
Mordovia,
Ulyanovsk Oblast,
Chuvashia and
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Its length is 841 km, it is navigable for 394 km from the mouth.
The city of
Penza, and smaller towns
Alatyr,
Shumerlya,
Yadrin lie along the Sura. At the confluence with the Volga there is a settlement of
Vasilsursk.