Alatyr (river)

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Alatyr
Алатырь
Alatyr river, view from the railway bridge at Alatyr station

Alatyr river, view from the railway bridge at Alatyr station

Data
Water code RU :  08010500212110000037782
location Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , Mordovia , Chuvashia ( Russia )
River system Volga
Drain over Sura  → Volga  → Caspian Sea
source about 10 km west of Pervomaisk
54 ° 52 ′ 27 ″  N , 43 ° 37 ′ 56 ″  E
muzzle approx. 4 km northeast of Alatyr in the Sura coordinates: 54 ° 52 '14 "  N , 46 ° 35' 42"  E 54 ° 52 '14 "  N , 46 ° 35' 42"  E

length 296 km
Catchment area 11,200 km²
Left tributaries Jasovka
Right tributaries Irest , Rudnja , Pelka , Insar , Nuja
Medium-sized cities Alatyr
Small towns Pervomaisk , Ardatov
Location of the Alatyr (Алатырь) in the catchment area of ​​the Sura

Location of the Alatyr ( Алатырь ) in the catchment area of ​​the Sura

The Alatyr ( Russian Ала́тырь , ersjanisch Ратор лей , Chuvash Улатӑр ) is a left tributary of the Sura in the European part of Russia .

It rises around 10 km west of Pervomaisk in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the northern Volga Heights . The 296 km long river with a catchment area of 11,200 km² initially flows in an easterly direction through the southern part of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where it receives numerous small tributaries.

Between Ilyinskoye and Kemlja it flows into the territory of the Republic of Mordovia . The river gently meanders through the northeastern part of Mordovia in an easterly direction and crosses the border with the Chuvash Republic between Ardatow and the city of Alatyr .

The Alatyr flows into the Sura a few kilometers northeast of the city of the same name . The river is ice-free from April to November.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Article Alatyr in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D9997~2a%3DAlatyr~2b%3DAlatyr
  2. ↑ a b Alatyr in the State Water Register of the Russian Federation (Russian)