Buzuluk River (Volgograd Oblast)
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Buzuluk is a river in Volgograd Oblast
, Russia
. It is a tributary of the Khopyor River
, and is 314 km long, with a drainage basin
of 9 510 km². It has its sources on the westernmost slopes of the Volga Uplands. During dry periods the upper reaches of the river dries up completely.
At the Buzuluk River lies the town of Novoanninsky
and the urban-type settlement
of Kikvidze.
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....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is a tributary of the Khopyor River
Khopyor River
Khopyor is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the Don River. Length 979 km, watershed: 61,100 km², mouth width: 300m.Navigable up to 323 km...
, and is 314 km long, with a drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
of 9 510 km². It has its sources on the westernmost slopes of the Volga Uplands. During dry periods the upper reaches of the river dries up completely.
At the Buzuluk River lies the town of Novoanninsky
Novoanninsky
Novoanninsky is a town and the administrative center of Novoanninsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Buzuluk River , northwest of Volgograd. Population: A railway station is called Filonovo....
and the urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
of Kikvidze.