Linda River — a river in the Nizhny Novgorod Region navigable by kayak, a left tributary of the Volga River. The name translates from Mari as "deserted."
It flows through the southwestern part of the Unzha-Vetluga Plain and empties into the Volga River opposite Sormovo District, one of the districts of Nizhny Novgorod. The low, gently sloping valley sides are covered with mixed forest, which thins out in the middle and lower reaches.
The river is quite winding, with steep and precipitous banks. The riverbed is sandy-silty.
The surrounding terrain is flat. Bivouac sites are numerous on both banks.
The width of the Linda in its lower reaches reaches up to 50 m; the current is slow and the depth is shallow, though in certain stretches at pools it reaches 2–3 m.