Balanda River

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Balanda (Russian: Баланда) is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a right tributary of the Medveditsa River (a tributary of the Don River. It is 164 km in length, with a drainage basin of 1900 km².

The river has its sources on the Volga Uplands in Saratov oblast, and flows in a southwesterly direction to its confluence with the Medveditsa in Volgograd Oblast. Most of the Balandas waters is from snow melting on the Volga Uplands.

The town of Kalininsk is situated by the Balanda.

Coordinates: 51°20′29″N 44°47′21″E / 51.3415°N 44.7891°E / 51.3415; 44.7891

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