The Inhulets () is a river, a right tributary of the

Dnieper } The Dnieper () or 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. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...

, that flows through

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It has a length of 557 km and a drainage basin of 14,460 km². The Inhulets has its source in the

Dnieper Upland The Dnieper Upland or Cisdnieper Upland ( uk, Придніпровська височина, translit=Prydniprovska vysochyna) is a southeastern European plain occupying the territory between the Dnieper and the Southern Bug. It lies in central U ...

in a ravine (balka) to the west of Topylo village, in the

Kropyvnytskyi Raion Kropyvnytskyi Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kropyvnytskyi (until July 2016 Kirovohrad). Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine ...

Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast ( uk, Кіровоградська область, translit=Kirovohradska oblast; also referred to as #Nomenclature, Kirovohradschyna — uk, Кіровоградщина) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (prov ...

, about 30 km from the Dnieper river, to which it initially flows parallel. The Inhulets turns south, where it flows through Kryvbas Iron Ore Basin, and the

Kherson Kherson (, ) is a port city of Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers appr ...

and

Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast ( uk, Микола́ївська о́бласть, translit=Mykoláyivsʹka óblastʹ, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna ( uk, Микола́ївщина, Mykoláivshchyna, ) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administra ...

s, before finally flowing into the Dnieper about 30 km east of the city of

. The river flows through southern spurs of the Dnieper Uplands and then across the

Black Sea Lowland The Black Sea Lowland is a major geographic feature of the Northern Pontic region and the East European Plain. It is almost completely within the Southern Ukraine covering half of its territory. Location The lowland is located along the northern ...

. The upper portion of the Inhulets basin is in the

forest steppe A forest steppe is a temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest. Locations Forest steppe primarily occurs in a belt of forest steppes across northern Eurasia from the eastern ...

zone, the lower part within the

Pontic steppe Pontic, from the Greek ''pontos'' (, ), or "sea", may refer to: The Black Sea Places * The Pontic colonies, on its northern shores * Pontus (region), a region on its southern shores * The Pontic–Caspian steppe, steppelands stretching from nor ...

. The river is dammed at the village of Iskrivka in

and about 30 km further downstream at the city of

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( uk, Криви́й Ріг , lit. "Curved Bend" or "Crooked Horn"), also known as Krivoy Rog (Russian: Кривой Рог) is the largest city in central Ukraine, the 7th most populous city in Ukraine and the 2nd largest by area. Kr ...

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...

to form reservoirs. The lower one, the , provides the water supply for Kryvyi Rih and for irrigation. On 14 September 2022 the Ukrainian government said a Russian missile attack had broken the dam, causing flooding. The course of the river near Kryvyi Rih has created many small islands, which have a rich vegetation. However, by 2017 the vegetation was impaired by the high level of contamination of the river, due to the nearby iron ore mining industry. Urban localities located on the river include

Oleksandriia Oleksandriia () is a city located in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Administratively, Oleksandriia serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion (district). Oleksandriia also hosts the administrat ...

Shyroke Shyroke ( uk, Широке; russian: Широкое) is an urban-type settlement in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shyroke settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Shyrok ...

Inhulets The Inhulets () is a river, a right tributary of the Dnieper, that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of 557 km and a drainage basin of 14,460 km². The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the wes ...

(former city merged with Kryvyi Rih), and

Snihurivka Snihurivka ( uk, Снігурі́вка, ) is a small city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It was occupied by Russia from March 2022 until early November 2022. It hosts the administration of the Snihurivka urban hromada. Population ...

. The M14 highway crosses the river over the Daryivka Bridge, connecting the cities of Kherson and

Beryslav Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center for Beryslav Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hrom ...

FC Inhulets Petrove Football Club Inhulets Petrove ( uk, "Інгулець" Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukrai ...

is a professional football team in Ukraine that is named after the river. During the 2022 war, between 1 September and 11 October Ukraine regained the northern third of the rectangle between the Inhulets and Dnieper and continued to push slowly south toward Kherson and the dam at Nova Khakova.Wall Street Journal, 13oct22, page A10, map

Tributaries

* Left:

Berezivka Berezivka (, ; ) is a city and the administrative center of Berezivka Raion in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Berezivka urban hromada, one of the hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=t ...

, Zelena, Zhovta,

Saksahan The Saksahan is a river in Ukraine, in the southeastern part of the Dnieper Upland. It is a left tributary of the Inhulets The Inhulets () is a river, a right tributary of the Dnieper, that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of 557 km ...

, Kobylna * Right: Beshka, Bokova,

Vysun The Vysun, Vulsun or Isun ( uk, Висунь) is a river of Ukraine, flowing through the Mykolaiv Oblast. It is a right tributary of the Inhulets. It has a length of 201 km and begins in the Dnieper Upland The Dnieper Upland or Cisdnieper Up ...

References

External links

* Zelenska, L., Demianov, V.
Inhulets (ІНГУЛЕ́ЦЬ)
'. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. 2011 Гребля Іскрівського водосховища влітку.jpg, Dam at Iskrivka Карачунівське водосховище.JPG, in Kryvyi Rih in 2013 {{Authority control Rivers of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Rivers of Kherson Oblast Rivers of Kirovohrad Oblast Rivers of Kryvyi Rih Rivers of Mykolaiv Oblast