Sula River (Mezen)

Coordinates: 64°41′29″N 47°47′23″E / 64.69139°N 47.78972°E / 64.69139; 47.78972

The Sula (Russian: Сула) is a river in Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Mezen River. It is 221 kilometres (137 mi) long, and the area of its basin 2,210 square kilometres (850 sq mi). The major tributaries of the Mezenskaya Pizhma are the Pyshega River and the Omza River (both left).

The Sula starts on the Kozminsky Kamen Plateau, part of the Timan Ridge. It generally flows in the south-western direction.

The valley of the Sula is one of the most remote areas of Arkhangelsk Oblast. There are no settlements on the river, except for the village of Zasulye in the mouth of the Sula. There are several wooden houses, located all over the river course and used by seasonal hunters. In the middle course of the Sula, a road runs parallel to the river. This road connects the Mezen valley (the village of Ust-Kyma) with the Pechora valley (the village of Ust-Tsilma) and is not passable for ordinary cars.

Sula River

The Sula River (Ukrainian: Сула́; Russian: Су́ла) is a left tributary of the Dnieper River with a total length of 365 km and a drainage basin of 19,600 km².

The river flows into the Dnieper through the Kremenchuk Reservoir, with which it forms a large delta with numerous islands, on which rare kinds of birds live. An important tributary is the Uday River, smaller ones being Orschyzya, Sliporid, Romen and Tern.

Large cities located on the river are Romny, Lokhvytsya, Chervonoazovske and Lubny.

The river's name evokes slow or muddy waters considering the words it is related to: Lithuanian/Latvian sulà "birch sap", Old Prussian sulo "curdled milk", Norwegian dialectal saula "dirt", Sanskrit súrā "spiritous liquor", and Avestan hurā "intoxicating drink, kumis". Another etymology of the hydronym Sula is the Turkic suly, 'filled with water, wet'.

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Coordinates: 49°33′19″N 32°45′16″E / 49.5553°N 32.7544°E / 49.5553; 32.7544

Sula River (Pechora)

Sula is a river in Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Komi Republic, a left tributary of Pechora River flowing into its distributary Borshev Shar.