| Derkul | |||||||||||
| Source1 Coordinates: | 49.6336°N 39.6347°W | ||||||||||
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.5867°N 39.6906°W | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Country | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type3: | Region | ||||||||||
| Length: | 163km (101miles) | ||||||||||
| Basin Size: | 5180km2 | ||||||||||
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The Derkul is a left tributary of the Donets located in the Luhansk Oblast of northeast Ukraine, on the border to the Rostov Oblast of Russia.[1] It is long, and has a catchment area of .[2]
The Derkul rises north of Markivka in the Ukrainian Luhansk Oblast on the western foothills of the Central Russian Upland. It flows mainly in a southerly direction through a hilly plain in the northeast of the oblast and after 163 km flows on the left into the Siverskyi Donets. In parts of the lower course, it forms a border of the Rostov Oblast of Russia. The Derkul flows through the urban-type settlement of Bilovodsk at the lower reaches. The most important tributary of the Derkul is the Polnaya from the left.