Sʺezžaja

The Syezzhaya is a left-bank tributary of the Samara in the country southeast of the Volga. Its tributaries include the Kalmanka and, closer to the mouth, the Vetlyanka. One explanation of its name recalls boats drifting down the river to the Samara and onward to the Volga. The river crosses a landscape of open rolling plains cut by gullies and valleys, joining a larger watercourse that runs westward toward Samara on the Volga.