Sakmara River

General data
- Name: Sakmara River
- Water system: Ural
- Water type: River
- Progression: Ural -> Caspian Sea -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Continental
- Continents: Europe, Asia
- Countries: Russia
Description
The Sakmara (Russian: Сакмара; Bashkir: Һаҡмар, Haqmar) is a river in Russia that drains the southern tip of the Ural Mountains south into the river Ural. It is 798 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 30,200 square kilometres. It is a right tributary of the Ural, which it meets in Orenburg. The source of the Sakmara is in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Other towns along the Sakmara are Yuldybayevo (Bashkortostan), Kuvandyk, and the railway station Saraktash close to the 18th-century Wozdwizhenskaya Fortress (Orenburg Oblast).