The Derkul is a left tributary of the

Donets The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Don ...

located in the Luhansk Oblast of northeast Ukraine, on the border to the

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...

of Russia.Деркул (река в Ворошиловградской обл.)
Great Soviet Encyclopedia It is long, and has a catchment area of .«Река Деркул (Деркуль)»
Russian State Water Registry The Derkul rises north of Markivka in the Ukrainian Luhansk Oblast on the western foothills of the

Central Russian Upland The Central Russian Upland (also Central Upland and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of . Its highest peak is measured at . The southeastern portion of the u ...

. It flows mainly in a southerly direction through a hilly plain in the northeast of the oblast and after 163 km flows on the left into the Siverskyi Donets. In parts of the lower course, it forms a border of the

of Russia. The Derkul flows through the urban-type settlement of

Bilovodsk Bilovodsk ( uk, Біловодськ) is an urban-type settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in the east of Ukraine on the banks of the Derkul The Derkul is a left tributary of the Donets located in the Luhansk Oblast of northeast ...

at the lower reaches. The most important tributary of the Derkul is the Polnaya from the left.

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{{Authority control Rivers of Luhansk Oblast Rivers of Rostov Oblast