The Rohachyk river (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: Рогачик) is a left 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 ...

river in

Kherson oblast Kherson Oblast ( uk, Херсо́нська о́бласть, translit=Khersónsʹka óblastʹ, ), also known as Khersonshchyna ( uk, Херсо́нщина, ), is an oblast (province) in southern Ukraine, currently claimed and partly occupied ...

, Ukraine. It has a length of 41 km. The

river valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

is up to 200 m wide. The width is generally 5 m. There are several ponds on the river. It names derives from a Ukrainian word for the "horn" as the river is winding.Знайомі незнайомці: походження назв поселень України
Либідь, 2001 The Rohachyk river rises in the southern outskirts of the urban-type settlement of

Verkhnii Rohachyk Verkhnii Rohachyk ( uk, Ве́рхній Рога́чик, ; russian: Верхний Рогачик) is a rural settlement in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Verkhnii Rohachyk settlement hromada, o ...

. It flows through the territory of

Kakhovka Raion Kakhovka Raion ( uk, Каховський район) is one of the administrative raions (a ''district'') of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Nova Kakhovka. Population: On 18 July 2020, as ...

of Kherson Oblast. The mouth area of the river 7 km in length creates Nyzhniy (Lower) Rohachyk estuary which is separated from the Dnieper by

Kakhovka Reservoir The Kakhovka Reservoir (, ''Kakhovs′ke vodoskhovyshche'') is a water reservoir on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It was created in 1956, when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built. It is one of several reservoirs in the Dnieper reservo ...

dam. There are three unnamed left tributaries. The river flows through such settlements as:

, Novooleksiivka, Trudovyk, Zoria, Heorhiivka, Oleksiivka, Prolatarii.

References

{{Dnieper Rivers of Kherson Oblast