| Buzuluk | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Length Km: | 314 |
| Basin Size Km2: | 9510 |
The Buzuluk (ru|Бузулу́к) is a river in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] It is a left tributary of the Khopyor, and is 314km (195miles) long, with a drainage basin of 9510km2.[2] It has its sources on the westernmost slopes of the Volga Upland. During dry periods the upper reaches of the river dry up completely.
The town of Novoanninsky and the stanitsa of Preobrazhenskaya lie along the river.
The word is formed from the trk|buza (ba|быҙау|bıźaw; tt|бозау|bozaw; kk|бұзау|buzaw; tr|buzağı) means "calf", -lik suffixes refers that it belongs to something. According to another version, the word is formed from the Turkic buz (ba|боҙ|boź; tt|боз|boz; kk|мұз|muz; tr|buz) literally means "ice".