Kulunda (river)

The Kulunda is a river in Altai Krai, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of.
The basin of the river is located in the Rebrikhinsky, Tyumentsevsky, Bayevsky and Blagoveshchensky districts. There are a number of villages near its banks, such as Bayevo, Pokrovka, Kapustinka, Proslaukha and Gryaznovo.

Course

The Kulunda river system is an endorheic basin between the Ob and the Irtysh rivers. The sources are in the Ob Plateau. The river flows roughly southwestwards through one of the wide ravines of glacial origin that are characteristic of the plateau. As it descends to the Kulunda Plain there are many lakes in its basin, especially close to Andronovo and Nizhnechumanka. Near its mouth the river turns westwards. Finally it meets the eastern shore of Lake Kulunda about west of Shimolino.

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Kulunda are the long Chuman, the long Proslaukha, and the long Cheremshanka from the right, as well as the long Yermachikha from the left.