Bolshaya Tereshka River | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Ulyanovsk Oblast |
Mouth | Volga |
• location | Volgograd Reservoir near Marks |
• coordinates | 51°49′1″N 46°32′33″E / 51.81694°N 46.54250°E |
Length | 273 km (170 mi) |
Basin size | 9,680 km2 (3,740 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 17.5 m3/s (620 cu ft/s) recorded 46 km (29 mi) from mouth |
Basin features | |
Progression | Volga→ Caspian Sea |
The Bolshaya Tereshka (Russian: Большая Терешка) or simply Tereshka is a river in the Ulyanovsk and Saratov oblasts of the Russian Federation, a right tributary of the Volga. The Tereshka is 273 kilometres (170 mi) long, and its watershed covers 9,680 square kilometres (3,740 sq mi).[1] It begins in the Privolzhskaya Hills and flows to the Volgograd Reservoir. Ice on the Tereshka forms in November or December and thaws in March or April.