Ukraine has around 23,000 rivers, with most of the rivers draining into the Black Sea and Azov Sea and belonging to the larger Mediterranean basin. Those rivers mostly flow in a southerly direction, except for the Pripyat tributaries in Volhynia and Dniester tributaries in Prykarpattia. A few western Ukraine rivers drain to the north west through Poland to the Baltic Sea, as part of the Western Bug drainage basin. The most notable rivers of Ukraine include the Dnieper, Dniester, Southern Buh, and Siverskyi Donets. The longest river is the Dnieper, the longest tributary is the Dnieper's tributary Desna. Two of the Danube's tributaries in Ukraine, the Prut and the Tysa, are longer than the main river within Ukraine.
The territory of Ukraine can be divided into nine hydrographic zones according to major river basins, including the basins of the Wisła (Western Bug and San), Danube, Dniester, Southern Bug, Dnieper, Don, the rivers of the Black Sea littoral, the Sea of Azov littoral, and separately the rivers of Crimea. The biggest river basin by area is the Dnieper which is subdivided into the Pripyat basin, Desna basin, basin of Middle Dnieper, basin of Lower Dnieper. Beside Dnieper, basin of the Danube zoning is also subdivided into basin of Tysa, basin of Prut and Siret, and basin of the Lower Danube.
List of major rivers in Ukraine
editListed are rivers over 150 km (93 mi) long. Length is in kilometers.
| Name | Name (Cyrillic) |
Length (in Ukraine) |
Length (total) |
Drainage area | Basin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnieper | Дніпро | 981 | 2201 | 291,400 | Dnieper-Bug Estuary |
| Southern Bug | Південний Буг | 806 | 806 | 63,700 | Dnieper-Bug Estuary |
| Dniester | Дністер | 705 | 1362 | 72,100 | Black Sea |
| Siverskyi Donets | Сіверський Донець | 672 | 1053 | 98,900 | Don |
| Desna | Десна | 591 | 1130 | 88,900 | Dnieper |
| Horyn | Горинь | 577[1] | 659[1] | 27,010[1] | Pripyat |
| Inhulets | Інгулець | 549 | 549 | 14,870 | Dnieper |
| Psel | Псел | 526 | 717 | 22,800 | Dnieper |
| Sluch | Случ | 451 | 451 | 13,800 | Horyn |
| Styr | Стир | 445 | 494 | 13,100 | Pripyat |
| Western Bug | Західний Буг | 401 | 831 | 73,500 | Narew [Narva] |
| Teteriv | Тетерів | 385 | 385 | 15,300 | Dnieper |
| Sula | Сула | 365 | 365 | 19,600 | Dnieper |
| Inhul | Інгул | 354 | 354 | 9,890 | Southern Bug |
| Vorskla | Ворскла | 348 | 464 | 14,700 | Dnieper |
| Ros | Рось | 346 | 346 | 12,600 | Dnieper |
| Oril | Оріль | 346[2] | 346[2] | 9,800[2] | Dnieper |
| Udai | Удай | 327[2] | 327[2] | 7,030[2] | Sula |
| Vovcha | Вовча | 323[2] | 323[2] | 13,300[2] | Samara |
| Samara | Самара | 320 | 320 | 22,600 | Dnieper |
| Khorol | Хорол | 308[2] | 308[2] | 3,870[2] | Psel |
| Prut | Прут | 272 | 967 | 27,500 | Danube |
| Pripyat | Прип'ять | 261 | 761 | 121,000 | Dnieper |
| Uzh | Уж | 256[2] | 256[2] | 8,080[2] | Pripyat |
| Zbruch | Збруч | 244 | 244 | 3,400 | Dniester |
| Seret | Серет | 242 | 242 | 3,900[3] | Dniester |
| Stryi | Стрий | 232 | 232 | 3,060[4] | Dniester |
| Seim | Сейм | 222[5] | 748[5] | 27,500 | Desna |
| Aidar | Айдар | 213[6] | 264[6] | 7,420 | Siverskyi Donets |
| Kalmius | Кальміус | 209[2] | 209[2] | 5,070[2] | Sea of Azov |
| Salhir | Салгир | 204[7] | 204[7] | 3,750[7] | Syvash |
| Tysa | Тиса | 201 | 966 | 11,300[2] | Danube |
| Vysun | Висунь | 201[2] | 201[2] | 2,670[2] | Inhulets |
| Oster | Остер | 199[2] | 201[2] | 2,950[2] | Desna |
| Luhan | Лугань | 198[2] | 198[2] | 3,740[2] | Siverskyi Donets |
| Molochna | Молочна | 197[2] | 197[2] | 3,450[2] | Sea of Azov |
| Snov | Снов | 190[2] | 253[2] | Desna | |
| Stokhid | Стохід | 188[2] | 188[2] | 3,150[2] | Pripyat |
| Turija | Турія | 184[2] | 184[2] | 2,800[2] | Pripyat |
| Oskil | Оскiл | 177[2] | 472[2] | Siverskyi Donets | |
| Danube | Дунай | 174[2] | 2900[2] | Black Sea | |
| Ubort | Уборть | 171[2] | 292[2] | Pripyat | |
| Krynka | Кринка | 170[2] | 180[2] | Mius River | |
| Smotrych | Смотрич | 168[2] | 168[2] | 1,800[2] | Dniester |
| Hirsky Tikych | Гірський Тікич | 167[2] | 167[2] | 3,510[2] | Hnylyi Tikych |
| Velyka Vys | Велика Вись | 166[2] | 166[2] | 2,860[2] | Synyukha |
| Murafa | Мурафа | 163[2] | 163[2] | 2,410[2] | Dniester |
| Irpin | Ірпінь | 162[2] | 162[2] | 3,340[2] | Dnieper |
| Tiasmyn | Тясмин | 160[2] | 160[2] | 4,540[2] | Dnieper |
| Bazavluk | Базавлук | 157[2] | 157[2] | 4,200[2] | Dnieper |
| Hnylyi Tikych | Гнилий Тікич | 157[2] | 157[2] | 3,150[2] | Synyukha |
| Ikva | Іква | 156[2] | 156[2] | 2,250[2] | Styr |
| Chychyklia | Чичиклія | 156[2] | 156[2] | 2,120[2] | Southern Bug |
| Tylihul | Тилігул | 154[2] | 154[2] | 3,300[2] | Black Sea |
| Derkul | Деркул | 153[2] | 163[2] | Siverskyi Donets | |
| Stvyha | Ствига | 66[2] | 178[2] | 5,440[2] | Pripyat |
| Velykyi Kuialnyk | Великий Куяльник | 150[2] | 150[2] | 1,860[2] | Black Sea |
- Black Sea basin
- Dnieper's tributaries
- Southern Bug's tributaries
- Dniester's tributaries
- Danube's tributaries
- Black Sea estuaries' tributaries
- Sea of Azov basin
- Siverskyi Donets' tributaries
- Kalmius's tributaries
- Salhir's tributaries
- Mius' tributaries
- Baltic Sea basin
- Western Bug's tributaries
Trivia
editThe most water in Ukraine is carried by Dnieper. Its annual drainage volume is 52.42 km3 (12.58 cu mi). The only other river that has higher drainage volume is the Danube which running through Central Europe within Ukraine stretches only for 174 km (108 mi). The average annual drainage of the Danube is around 123 km3 (30 cu mi).
The deepest river of Ukraine is Dniester. In its mid stream between Pyzhniv village and Mohyliv-Podilsky through the Dniester canyon (Podillia Upland) the river narrows to 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in width and deepens up to 10 m (33 ft).
The biggest water amount among distributaries is carried by the Chilia branch.
The biggest river delta in Ukraine belongs to Dnieper and has area of 350 km2 (140 sq mi), while the Danube Delta within Ukraine is only 120 km2 (46 sq mi).
Gallery
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The Dnieper River passes through many cities — notably Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. In Kyiv, more than seven bridges cross the river. -
A map of the Southern Buh flowing through Ukraine (in Lithuanian). -
Kalmius river, Donetsk
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Chapter 3. Quantitative characteristics of surface waters[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj Division of the small rivers amount in basin of major river of Ukraine
- ^ Серет, Словарь современных географических названий
- ^ Стрый, Словарь современных географических названий
- ^ a b Rivers, lakes, and swamps of the Chernihiv land[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Ecological passport of the Luhansk Oblast[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Салгир, Словарь современных географических названий
Further reading
edit(Copies of the works are available at the Electronic library "Chtyvo")
- Shvets, H., Drozd, N., Levchenko, S. Catalog of rivers of the Ukrainian SSR. Kyiv: "Publishing of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR", 1957.
- Klymenko, V. Hydrology of Ukraine. Kharkiv: "Karazin National University publishing", 2010.
External links
edit- Electronic library "Chtyvo"
- Rivers of Ukraine suitable for Rafting
- Matsenko, H. Book of records of Ukraine. Nature around us. "Bohdan Books". ISBN 9789667520571