Aura (Sinn)
{{short description|River in Germany}}
{{Infobox river
| name =Aura (Sinn)
| image =Aura1.JPG
| image_size =
| image_alt =
| image_caption = The Aura near its junction with the Fellach
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| pushpin_map = Bavaria
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth in Bavaria
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| source1_location = {{Interlanguage link multi|Forst Aura|de}}
| mouth_location = Burgsinn
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50.1465|9.6538|type:river_region:DE-BY|display=it}}
| progression = {{RSinn}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Germany
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Bavaria
| length = {{convert|13.3|km|mi}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-BY|GV}}
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| basin_size = {{convert|59.2|km2|mi2}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-BY|GV}}
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| tributaries_right = Fellach
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The Aura ({{IPA|de|ˈaʊʁa|-|De-Aura.ogg}}) is a {{convert|13.3|km|mi}} tributary of the Sinn River in Bavaria, Germany.
Name
The name Aura originates from the Old High German Uraha. The word ur meant Aurochs, and the word aha meant stream,Wolf-Armin Reitzenstein:Lexikon bayerischer Ortsnamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung. meaning it was a river where Aurochs lived. The river gives the Gemeinde Aura im Sinngrund its name.
Course
The river originates in the {{Interlanguage link multi|Forst Aura|de}} in a valley near Aura im Sinngrund and flows in a southerly direction. In Fellen, it meets its largest tributary, the Fellach. At its mouth, the Aura then turns to the east. The mouth of the river is in Burgsinn, where it flows into the Flutgraben, an anabranch of the Sinn