The Medveditsa (russian: Медве́дица) is a river in
Volgograd
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...
and
Saratov Oblast
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s in
Russia
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, a left tributary of the
Don
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:
Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
.
[Медведица (река в Саратовской и Волгоградской обл.)]
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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The name means ''she-bear'', and according to legend alludes to the large population of
bear
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s in the area in earlier times. It is long, with a
drainage basin
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of .
[«Река Медведица»]
Russian State Water Registry
The river has its sources on 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 ...
, in the northeastern parts of Saratov Oblast, and flows mainly in a southwestern direction. It joins the Reka Don in Volgograd Oblast near Zatonski. Its largest tributaries are, from the right:
Balanda and
Tersa, and from the left:
Idolga,
Karamysh and
Archeda
The Archeda (russian: Арчеда) is a river in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Medveditsa, and is long, with a drainage basin of . .
[
The towns of Petrovsk, ]Atkarsk
Atkarsk (russian: Атка́рск) is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Atkara and Medveditsa Rivers, northwest of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was founded in place ...
, Medveditsa, Zhirnovsk
Zhirnovsk (russian: Жи́рновск) is a town and the administrative center of Zhirnovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Medveditsa River, which itself flows into the Don. Zhirnovsk lies north of Volgog ...
, and Mikhaylovka are situated on the Medveditsa. The river is navigable to Atkarsk.
A variety of fish is found in the Medveditsa River: catfish, pike, bream, asp, perch, chub, perch, tench, roach, gudgeon and others. In the late 80s there were a lot of sterlet.
Forests along both banks of the river have a wide variety of birds, medicinal herbs, wild berries, fruits and flowers.
References
Rivers of Volgograd Oblast
Rivers of Saratov Oblast
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