The Archeda (russian: Арчеда) is a river in
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populat ...
,
Russia
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. It is a
left tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of the
Medveditsa, and is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
[«Река Арчеда (Арчада)»]
Russian State Water Registry The Archeda begins in the southwestern part of the
Volga Uplands
The Volga Upland, also known as the Volga Uplands, Volga Hills, or Volga Plateau, (Russian: Приволжская возвышенность - Privolzhskaya vozvyshennost) is a vast region of the East European Plain in the European part of Russ ...
. Most of its water are from melting snow, and during periods of low water the river dries up entirely in its upper and middle flow. The town of
Frolovo
Frolovo (russian: Фро́лово) is a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Archeda River (Don's basin), north of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
Frolovo grew out of the Cossack settlem ...
lies along the Archeda.
References
Rivers of Volgograd Oblast
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