The Maly Irgiz (russian: Малый Ирги́з, lit=Little Irgiz) is a river in
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, ''Saratovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. As of the 2010 Cen ...
,
Russia
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, a
left tributary of the
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...
. It is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
[«Река М.ИРГИЗ»]
Russian State Water Registry The river is fed by snow. Above
Seleznikha Maly Irgiz dries up systematically (up to 305 days per year without drainage). Between November and April the Maly Irgiz is frozen.
References
Rivers of Saratov Oblast
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