The Saksahan is a river in
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 ...
, in the southeastern part of 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 ...
. 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 and a drainage basin of 14,460 km².
The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the wes ...
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Dnieper
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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 ...
basin), joining the Inhulets in 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 ...
.
The name is derived, according to some sources, from the
Turkic word ''Saxagan'' (
magpie
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).
The source of the river, in the modern territorial division, located by the village of
Malooleksandrivka,
Verkhnodniprovsk Raion
Verkhnodniprovsk Raion ( uk, Верхньодніпровський район) was a raion (district) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southeastern-central Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Verkhnodniprovsk. The raion was abolished on 18 ...
, situated at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level. The river (river basin) is 144 km long (according to other sources, it has a total length of 130 kilometers). The width of the river bed is an average of 5–15 meters, plёsah places expands to 20–40 (29 to 40) meters (watershed line - 250 km).
Rivers of Kryvyi Rih
Rivers of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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