Balanda (river)

River in Russia

Balanda

Native name| Баланда (Russian)
Location
Country| Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth| Medveditsa

• coordinates

| 51°20′29″N 44°47′21″E﻿ / ﻿51.3415°N 44.7891°E﻿ / 51.3415; 44.7891
Length| 164 km (102 mi)
Basin size| 1,900 km2 (730 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression| Medveditsa→ Don→ Sea of Azov

Balanda (Russian: Баланда) is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a right tributary of the Medveditsa (a tributary of the Don. It is 164 kilometres (102 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 1,900 square kilometres (730 sq mi).[1]

The river has its sources on the Volga Uplands in Saratov oblast, and flows in a southwesterly direction to its confluence with the Medveditsa in Volgograd Oblast. Most of the Balandas waters is from snow melting on the Volga Uplands.

The town of Kalininsk is situated by the Balanda.

## References

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1. ^ «Река Баланда», Russian State Water Registry

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