The Dnieper Basin is the

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of the

Dnieper River The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...

, covering an area of . Its water resources compose around 80% of the total for all

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Geography

The Dnieper Basin lies within Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. It borders on the

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Basin in the northeast, on the

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Basin in the east, which belongs to the

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Basin, and in the southeast on several small watersheds, the watercourses of which flow in flow into the

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. The southern edge of the watershed borders on other small watersheds whose rivers flow into the

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. In the south of the catchment area, the main river Dnieper runs into a peak west of the city of

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and runs across the

Dnieper–Bug estuary The Dnieper–Bug estuary (), 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). It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea and is separated from it ...

, where the stream flows into the Black Sea. In the southwest, the catchment area of the Dnieper borders on the

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Basin, which attaches laterally to the catchment area of the Dnieper. To the west is a small border with the

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Basin, as well as the

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. In the northwest, the Dnieper River basin borders the

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Basin and the

Daugava The Daugava ( ), also known as the Western Dvina or the Väina River, is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea. The Daugava rises close to the source of ...

Basin.

Tributaries

The Dnieper has many

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(up to 32,000) with 89 being rivers with a length of at least .Splendid Dnieper. There is no straighter river

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(L) * Vop (R) *

Khmost The Khmost () is a river in Dukhovshchinsky, Smolensky, and Kardymovsky Districts of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, a right tributary of the Dnieper. The length of the river is , and the area of its drainage basin is . The settlement of Kardymovo is ...

(R) *

Myareya The Myareya (), alternative transliteration ''Miareja'', official transliteration or Mereya () is a river in Belarus and Russia. It is a left tributary of the Dnieper The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major tr ...

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Berezina The Berezina or Byarezina (, ; ) is a river in Belarus and a right tributary of the Dnieper. The river starts in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve. The length of the Berezina is . The width of the river is 15–20 m, the maximum is 60 m. The ba ...

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Sozh The Sozh (, ; ; ) is a river flowing in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. It is a left bank tributary of the Dnieper. The Sozh passes through Gomel, the second largest city in Belarus. The river is crossed by the Sozh Floating Bridge at Karma and ...

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Pripyat Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat (river), Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth ''atomgrad'' ...

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Teteriv The Teteriv () is a right tributary of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Teteriv flows generally in northeastern direction through geographic regions of Podolian Upland, Dnieper Upland, and Polesia. T ...

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Irpin Irpin (, ) is a city on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located next to the capital Kyiv. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city has a population o ...

(R) * Desna (L) *

Stuhna The Stuhna (), or Stugna, is a minor river in Ukraine, a right tributary of Dnieper River. Its length is 68 km. The river was mentioned in the '' Tale of Igor's Campaign'' and was a place of the Battle of the Stuhna River. Cities located o ...

(R) * Trubizh (L) *

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Tiasmyn The Tiasmyn () is a right tributary of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Тясмин< ...

(R) * Supii (L) * Sula (L) * Psel (L) *

Vorskla The Vorskla (; ) is a river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine, where it joins the Dnieper. Geography The river's source is on the western slopes of the Central Russian Upland north of Belgorod. Wi ...

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Oril The Oril () is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the river Dnieper. It is long and its basin area is .� ...

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Samara Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 ...

(L) * Konka (Kherson) (L) * Konka (Zaporizhzhia) (L) * Bilozerka (L) *

Bazavluk The Bazavluk () is a river in Ukraine and a right tributary of the Dnieper The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before f ...

(R) *

Inhulets The Inhulets () or Ingulets () is a river, a right tributary of the Dnieper, that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the west of Topylo ...

(R) The most prominent rivers in the catchment area are Dnieper with a length of and Desna, with a length of .{{Cite web , title=Десна , url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article024277.html , access-date=2023-04-20 , website=bse.sci-lib.com Many small direct tributaries also exist, such as, in the Kyiv area, the Syrets (right bank) in the north of the city, the historically significant

Lybid The Lybid () is a small river in Kyiv, Ukraine. A right tributary of the Dnieper, it flows within the "Right Bank" (original) part of the city, just to the west of the historic center. The Lybid has played an important role in shaping Kyiv's ur ...

(right bank) passing west of the centre, and the Borshahivka (right bank) to the south.

References

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Dnieper Basin, Ukraine
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