Tereshka River

Bolshaya Tereshka River
Tereshka in the Podgorny District.
Country	Russia
Basin
Main source	Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
River mouth	Volgograd Reservoir, Volga, near Marks
Basin size	9,710 km² (3,750 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	213 km (132 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 17.5 m³/s (620 cu ft/s) recorded 46 km (29 mi) from mouth

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 River. The Tereshka is 213 kilometres (132 mi) long, and its watershed covers 9,710 square kilometres (3,750 sq mi). 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.

Volga River

Tributaries	Selizharovka Vazuza Tvertsa Shosha Dubna Medveditsa Nerl Kashinka Sit Mologa Suda Sheksna Sogozha Kotorosl Kostroma Nyomda Unzha Uzola Oka Kudma Kerzhenets Sura Vetluga Rutka Tsivil Great Kokshaga Little Kokshaga Anish Ilet Sviyaga Sumka Kazanka Kama Aktay Bezdna Cheremshan Sok Samara Chapayevka Little Irgiz Irgiz Tereshka Yeruslan Akhtuba (distributary)

Reservoirs	Lake Volgo Ivankovo Uglich Rybinsk Gorky Cheboksary Kuybyshev Saratov Volgograd

Hydroelectric stations	Ivankovo Uglich Rybinsk Nizhny Novgorod Cheboksary Zhiguli Saratov Volga

Canals	Moscow Canal Volga–Baltic Waterway Volga–Don Canal

Cities	Astrakhan Volgograd Saratov Samara Kazan Ulyanovsk Nizhny Novgorod Yaroslavl Tver

Coordinates: 51°49′1″N 46°32′33″E / 51.81694°N 46.54250°E / 51.81694; 46.54250

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