Yelan is a river in Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast

Voronezh Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on June 13, 1934.-Main rivers:*Don*Voronezh*Bityug*Khopyor-Economy:...

 of 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 right tributary of the Savala River

Savala River

Savala is a river in Tambov and Voronezh Oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Khopyor River . The Savala is 285 km in length, with a drainage basin of 7720 km². It flows over the southern part of the Oka-Don plain. Its main tributary is the Yelan River. Most of the rivers...

 (in the 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 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....

). The Yelan is 165 km in length, with a drainage basin of 3630 km². It flows over the southern part of the Oka-Don plain. Most of the rivers waters are from melting snow. Its average discharge 26 km from its mouth is 6.8 m³/s.