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 |
| 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).
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.