Savala

Water type: River
Basin: Khopyor -> Don -> Sea of Azov
Continent: Europe
Climate: Continental
Country: Russia

The Savala (Russian: Савала) is a river in the Tambov and Voronezh oblasts of Russia. It is a right tributary of the Khopyor (a tributary of the Don). The Savala is 285 kilometres long, with a drainage basin of 7,720 square kilometres. It flows over the southern part of the Oka–Don Lowland. Its main tributary is the Yelan. Most of the river\’s waters are from melting snow. Its average discharge is 20 cubic metres per second . It freezes over in late November, and stays icebound until the spring thaw starts in late March or early April. The town of Zherdevka is along the banks of the Savala.