Balanda (river)
Balanda is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a right tributary of the Medveditsa (a tributary of the Don. It is long, with a drainage basin of.
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, [Saratov Oblast|Kalininsk] is situated by the Balanda.