Dnieper River
Appearance
Dnieper | |
Roushie:Днепр(Dnepr) Belaroushie:Дняпро(Dniapro) Ukrainian:Дніпро(Dnipro) | |
River | |
Kintras | Roushie,Belarus,Ukraine |
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Tributaries | |
- left | Sozh,Desna,Trubizh,Supiy,Sula,Psel,Vorskla,Samara,Konka,Bilozerka |
- right | Drut,Berezina,Prypiat,Teteriv,Irpin,Stuhna,Ros,Tiasmyn,Bazavluk,Inhulets |
Ceeties | Dorogobuzh,Smolensk,Mahilyow,Kiev,Cherkasy,Dnipro |
Soorce | |
- location | Valdai Hills,Roushie |
- elevation | 220 m (722 ft) |
- coordinates | 55°52′00″N33°41′00″E/ 55.86667°N 33.68333°E |
Mooth | Dnieper Delta |
- coordinates | 46°30′00″N32°20′00″E/ 46.50000°N 32.33333°ECoordinates:46°30′00″N32°20′00″E/ 46.50000°N 32.33333°E |
Lenth | 2,290 km (1,423 mi) |
Basin | 516,300 km2(199,345 sq mi) |
Discharge | forKherson |
- average | 1,670 m3/s (58,975 cu ft/s) |
Dnieper River drainage basin
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TheDnieper River/ˈniːpər/is ane o the majorrivers o Europe(fowert bi length), risin near Smolensk an flawin throughRoushie,BelarusanUkrainetae theBlack Sea. The tot length is 2,285 kilometre (1,420 mi) wi adrainage basino 504,000 square kilometre (195,000 sq mi). The river is noted for its dams anhydroelectric stations.The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for theeconomy o Ukrainean is connectit via theDnieper-Bug Canaltae ither watterways in Europe.
In antiquity, the river wis kent tae theGreeksas theBorysthenesan wis pairt o theAmber Road.Arheimar,a caipital o theGoths,wis locatit on the Dnieper, accordin tae theHervarar saga.
Categeries:
- Dnieper River seestem
- Internaitional rivers o Europe
- Rivers o Smolensk Oblast
- Rivers o Gomel Region
- Rivers o Mogilev Region
- Rivers o Vitebsk Region
- Belarus–Ukraine border
- Rivers o Zaporizhia Oblast
- Geografie o Kiev
- Rivers o Poltava Oblast
- Rivers o Cherkasy Oblast
- Rivers o Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Rivers o Kherson Oblast