Ilovlya (river)

Ilovlya
Native name	Иловля (Russian)
Location
Country	Russia
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Don
• coordinates	49°13′39″N 43°55′07″E / 49.22750°N 43.91861°E / 49.22750; 43.91861
Length	358 km (222 mi)
Basin size	9,250 km2 (3,570 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Don→ Sea of Azov

The Ilovlya (Russian: Иловля) is a river in Saratov and Volgograd Oblasts of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Don, and is 358 kilometres (222 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 9,250 square kilometres (3,570 sq mi).^[1]

The average discharge is 9.6 cubic metres per second (340 cu ft/s). The river is frozen over from December to March. In earlier times there was a portage here, between the watersheds of the Volga River and Don River.