Salda is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...

, Russia

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. It is a tributary

Tributary

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 of the Tagil

Tagil River

Tagil is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is 414 km long, with a drainage basin of 10 100 km². The average discharge is 40 m³/s. The river has its sources on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, east of Verkhny Tagil...

 (in the Ob

Ob River

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's drainage basin

Drainage basin

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). The Salda has its sources in the Ural Mountains

Ural Mountains

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. It is 122 km long, with a drainage basin of 1,770 km². The average discharge is 7.2 m³/s (4 km before its mouth). The Salda freezes over in late October / early November, and stays frozen till the spring thaw in April.

The towns of Verkhnyaya Salda

Verkhnyaya Salda

Verkhnyaya Salda is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River , north of Yekaterinburg. Population: It was founded in 1778; town status was granted to it in 1938....

 and Nizhnyaya Salda

Nizhnyaya Salda

Nizhnyaya Salda is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River , north of Yekaterinburg. Population: It was founded in 1760; town status was granted to it in 1938....

is situated by the Salda River.