Balanda is a river in Volgograd

Volgograd Oblast

Volgograd Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Volgograd. Population: -Geography:*Area: 113,900 km²;*Borders length: 2221,9 km²....

 and Saratov Oblast

Saratov Oblast

Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. Population: -Demographics:Population:...

s in Russia

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, a right tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Medveditsa River

Medveditsa River (Don basin)

Medveditsa is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don River. The name means she-bear, and according to legend alludes to the large population of bears in the area in earlier times...

 (a tributary of the Don River

Don River (Russia)

The Don River is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....

. It is 164 km in length, with a drainage basin

Drainage basin

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 of 1900 km².

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.