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The Dnieper Basin is the drainage basin of the Dnieper River, covering an area of 531,817 square kilometres (205,336 sq mi). [1] Its water resources compose around 80% of the total for all Ukraine . [ 2 ]
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 Dnieper–Bug estuary (Ukrainian: Дніпровсько-Бузький лиман, romanized: Dniprovsko-Buzkyi lyman), also called the Dniprovska Gulf, is an open estuary, or liman, of two rivers: the Dnieper and the Southern Bug (also called the Boh River).
Source of the Dnieper in Belarus — Dubroŭna: Road 1960s [10] /2009 [11] M1 highway Vorša bypass Pašyna - Prydniaproŭje Road 1981 Mahilioŭ Street Bridge Vorša: Road 1957 Juryja Babkova Street Bridge Road — Rail — — Kopys — Alieksandryja (Škloŭ Raion) Road 2007 [12] — Škloŭ: Road 1962 [13] Mahilioŭ bypass Paŭlaŭka ...
The river flows into the Dnieper through the Kremenchuk Reservoir, with which it forms a large delta with numerous islands, on which rare kinds of birds live. An important tributary is the Uday, smaller ones being Orzhytsya, Sliporid, Romen and Tern. Large cities located on the river are Romny, Lokhvytsia and Lubny.
The term Dnieper Ukraine [1] (Ukrainian: Наддніпрянщина, romanized: Naddniprianshchyna, lit. 'over Dnieper land'), usually refers to territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River. The Ukrainian name derives from nad‑ (prefix: "above, over") + Dnipró ("Dnieper") + ‑shchyna (suffix denoting a geographic ...
The Dnieper is the third largest river in Europe, behind only the Volga and the Danube. In its lower part, its width can easily reach three kilometres, and being dammed in several places made it even larger.
The Dnieper reservoir cascade or Dnieper cascade of hydroelectric power stations (Ukrainian: Дніпровський каскад ГЕС) is a series of dams, reservoirs and hydroelectric power stations on the Dnieper river in Ukraine. It was created to prevent uncontrolled flooding [1] and improve water transportation infrastructure.