| Kulunda | |
| Other Name: | Кулунда |
| Source1: | Ob Plateau |
| Source1 Elevation: | ca |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 53.3006°N 82.1344°W |
| Mouth: | Lake Kulunda |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 52.9811°N 79.7228°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Russia |
| Length: | 412km (256miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 5.27m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 12400km2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Altai Krai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Altai Krai, Russia |
The Kulunda (Russian: Кулунда) is a river in Altai Krai, Russia. The river is long and has a catchment area of .
The basin of the river is located in the Rebrikhinsky, Tyumentsevsky, Bayevsky and Blagoveshchensky districts. There are a number of villages near its banks, such as Bayevo, Pokrovka, Kapustinka, Proslaukha and Gryaznovo.[1]
The Kulunda river system is an endorheic basin between the Ob and the Irtysh rivers. The sources are in the Ob Plateau. The river flows roughly southwestwards through one of the wide ravines of glacial origin that are characteristic of the plateau. As it descends to the Kulunda Plain there are many lakes in its basin, especially close to Andronovo and Nizhnechumanka. Near its mouth the river turns westwards. Finally it meets the eastern shore of Lake Kulunda about 5km (03miles) west of Shimolino.[2] [3]
The main tributaries of the Kulunda are the 88km (55miles) long Chuman (Чуман), the 78km (48miles) long Proslaukha (Прослауха), the 56km (35miles) long Cheremshanka (Черемшанка) and the 37km (23miles) long Solonovka (Солоновка) from the right, as well as the 94km (58miles) long Yermachikha (Ермачиха) from the left.
