The Buzuluk (russian: Бузулу́к) is a river in
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, Volga region of Southern Russia. Its adminis ...
,
Russia
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. It is a left
tributary
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of the
Khopyor
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, and is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
[«Река Бузулук»]
Russian State Water Registry It has its sources on the westernmost slopes of the
Volga Upland. During dry periods the upper reaches of the river dry up completely.
The town of
Novoanninsky and the ''
stanitsa'' of
Preobrazhenskaya lie along the river.
Etymology
The word is formed from the Turkic "buza" (Bashkir buzаu, Tatar bozau, Kazakh bұzau, Turkish buzağı) which means "calf", -lik suffixs refers that it belongs to something.
According to another version, the word is formed from the Turkic "buz" (Bashkir boz, Tatar boz, Kazakh muz, Turkish buz) literally means "ice".
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References
Rivers of Volgograd Oblast
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