Medveditsa
The Medveditsa or Medveditza is a river in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts in Russia, a left tributary of the Don. The name means she-bear, and according to legend, it alludes to the large population of bears in the area in earlier times.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Saratov and Volgograd Oblasts, Russia, tributary of Don
- Also known as: “Medveditsa (flod)”, “Medveditsa ibaia”, “Medveditsa River”, “Rio Medvedica”, “Río Medvedica”, “Rio Medveditja”, “Río Medveditja”, “Rio Medveditsa”, “Río Medveditsa”, “Rio Medveditya”, “Río Medveditya”, “Rio Medvednica”, and “Río Medvednica”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 2-Yarskoy and Zatonskiy.
2-Yarskoy
Hamlet
Zatonskiy
Village
Zatonsky is a rural locality in Buyerak-Popovskoye… Zatonskiy is situated 3½ km southeast of Medveditsa.
Buyerak-Popovsky
Village
Buyerak-Popovsky is a rural locality and the… Buyerak-Popovsky is situated 3½ km southwest of Medveditsa.
Medveditsa
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.5773° or 49° 34′ 38″ north
Longitude
42.6389° or 42° 38′ 20″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
8HX4HJGQ+WH
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Medveditsa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ميدفيديتسا”
- Armenian: “Մեդվեդիցա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Medveditsa”
- Basque: “Medveditsa”
- Bavarian: “Medwediza”
- Belarusian: “Мядзведзіца”
- Bulgarian: “Медведица”
- Cebuano: “Medveditsa”
- Chinese: “梅德韋季察河”
- Chinese: “梅德韦季察河”
- Chuvash: “Медведица”
- Czech: “Medvedica”
- Dutch: “Medveditsa River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ميدڤيديتسا”
- French: “Medveditsa”
- German: “Medwediza”
- Hindi: “मेदवेदित्सा”
- Irish: “Abhainn Medveditsa”
- Italian: “Medvedica”
- Japanese: “メドヴェジツァ川”
- Kazakh: “Медведица”
- Kirghiz: “Медведица”
- Latin: “Medvedina”
- Lithuanian: “Medvedica”
- Maithili: “मेदवेदित्सा”
- Mirandese: “Medviéditça”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Medveditsa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Medveditsa ved Don”
- Norwegian: “Medveditsa”
- Persian: “رود مدویدیتسا”
- Polish: “Miedwiedica”
- Russian: “Медведица”
- Slovenian: “Medvedica”
- South Azerbaijani: “مدویدیتسا چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Medvéditsa”
- Swedish: “Medveditsa”
- Turkish: “Medveditsa Nehri (Don)”
- Turkish: “Medveditsa Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Ведмедиця”
- Ukrainian: “Медведиця”
- Welsh: “Afon Medveditsa”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Yarskoy Vtoroy and Buyerak Senyutkin.
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