List of longest rivers of Ukraine
This is a list of the major rivers that flow through Ukraine.
Ukraine has around 23,000 rivers. Most of the rivers of Ukraine drain into the Black Sea and Azov Sea and belong to the bigger 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 Siversky 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 Wisla (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 Prypiat 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
Listed 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 |
| Siversky Donets | Сіверський Донець | 672 | 1053 | 98,900 | Don |
| Desna | Десна | 591 | 1130 | 88,900 | Dnieper |
| Horyn | Горинь | 577[1] | 659[1] | 27,010[1] | Prypiat |
| 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 | Prypiat |
| 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 |
| Prypiat | Прип'ять | 261 | 761 | 121,000 | Dnieper |
| Uzh | Уж | 256[2] | 256[2] | 8,080[2] | Prypiat |
| 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 | Siversky 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] | Siversky 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] | Prypiat |
| Turija | Турія | 184[2] | 184[2] | 2,800[2] | Prypiat |
| Oskil | Оскiл | 177[2] | 472[2] | Siversky Donets | |
| Danube | Дунай | 174[2] | 2900[2] | Black Sea | |
| Ubort | Уборть | 171[2] | 292[2] | Prypiat | |
| 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] | Siversky Donets | |
| Stvyha | Ствига | 66[2] | 178[2] | 5,440[2] | Prypiat |
| Velykyi Kuyalnik | 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
- Siversky Donets' tributaries
- Kalmius's tributaries
- Salhir's tributaries
- Mius' tributaries
- Baltic Sea basin
- Western Bug's tributaries
Trivia
The 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
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
References
- ^ a b c Chapter 3. Quantitative characteristics of surface waters[permanent dead link]
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- ^ 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
(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
- Electronic library "Chtyvo"
- Rivers of Ukraine suitable for Rafting
- Matsenko, H. Book of records of Ukraine. Nature around us. "Bohdan Books". ISBN 9789667520571