Aidar (river) explained

Aidar

Subdivision Type1:

Country

Subdivision Name1:

Russia, Ukraine

Length Km:

264

Mouth:

Donets

Mouth Coordinates:

48.7075°N 39.1967°W

Basin Size Km2:

7420

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The Aidar (uk|Айдар, ru|Айдар) is a river in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. A left tributary of the Seversky Donets, it is 264km (164miles) long (with 256km (159miles) located within Ukraine) and has a basin area of .^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] The slopes of the valley are partitioned with ravines and gorges. In the spring, snow melt accounts for approximately 70% of the flow. The average flow module is 1.7 litres • sec / km². The river freezes in December.

The Aidar Battalion in the Ukrainian Armed Forces is named after this river.^[6]

References

М. Т. Янко. Топонімічний словник-довідник української РСР, К., «Радянська школа», 1973, стор. 13

Notes and References

http://textual.ru/gvr/index.php?card=171600 «Река Айдар (Адар, Айдор)»
Book: Ukrajna természeti földrajza. pdf . 95. Izsák Tibor. II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. 2007. 2019-05-05. hu.
Web site: NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz. II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. 2019-05-05. pdf. hu. 2019-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404180651/http://okt.kmf.uz.ua/ftt/oktat-ftt/Foldrajz_szak/Ukrajna_termeszeti_fodrajza/szotarukrfoldr.pdf. dead.
Web site: Айдар. Большая Советская Энциклопедия. 2019-05-05. ru.
Web site: Aidar River. Encyclopedia of Ukraine. 2019-05-05. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706195807/http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CA%5CI%5CAidarRiver.htm. 2016-07-06.
Web site: A Window into the Trial of the Ukrainian "Aidar" Battalion in Russia . September 26, 2023 .