List of longest rivers of Ukraine explained

Ukraine has around 23,000 rivers, with most of the rivers draining into the Black Sea and Azov Sea and belonging to the larger Mediterranean basin. Those rivers mostly flow in a southerly direction, except for the Pripyat tributaries in Volhynia and Dniester tributaries in Prykarpattia. A few western Ukraine rivers drain to the north west through Poland to the Baltic Sea, as part of the Western Bug drainage basin. The most notable rivers of Ukraine include the Dnieper, Dniester, Southern Buh, and Siverskyi Donets. The longest river is the Dnieper, the longest tributary is the Dnieper's tributary Desna. Two of the Danube's tributaries in Ukraine, the Prut and the Tysa, are longer than the main river within Ukraine.

The territory of Ukraine can be divided into nine hydrographic zones according to major river basins, including the basins of the Wisła (Western Bug and San), Danube, Dniester, Southern Bug, Dnieper, Don, the rivers of the Black Sea littoral, the Sea of Azov littoral, and separately the rivers of Crimea. The biggest river basin by area is the Dnieper which is subdivided into the Pripyat basin, Desna basin, basin of Middle Dnieper, basin of Lower Dnieper. Beside Dnieper, basin of the Danube zoning is also subdivided into basin of Tysa, basin of Prut and Siret, and basin of the Lower Danube.

List of major rivers in Ukraine

Listed are rivers over 150km (90miles) long. Length is in kilometers.

NameName
(Cyrillic)		Length
(in Ukraine)		Length
(total)		Drainage areaBasin
DnieperДніпроalign=right 981align=right 2201align=right Dnieper-Bug Estuary
Southern BugПівденний Бугalign=right 806align=right 806align=right Dnieper-Bug Estuary
DniesterДністерalign=right 705align=right 1362align=right Black Sea
nowrap Siverskyi DonetsСіверський Донецьalign=right 672align=right 1053align=right Don
DesnaДеснаalign=right 591align=right 1130align=right Dnieper
HorynГориньalign=right 577[1] align=right 659align=right Pripyat
InhuletsІнгулецьalign=right 549align=right 549align=right Dnieper
PselПселalign=right 526align=right 717align=right Dnieper
SluchСлучalign=right 451align=right 451align=right Horyn
StyrСтирalign=right 445align=right 494align=right Pripyat
Western BugЗахідний Бугalign=right 401align=right 831align=right Narew [Narva]
TeterivТетерівalign=right 385align=right 385align=right Dnieper
SulaСулаalign=right 365align=right 365align=right Dnieper
InhulІнгулalign=right 354align=right 354align=right Southern Bug
VorsklaВорсклаalign=right 348align=right 464align=right Dnieper
RosРосьalign=right 346align=right 346align=right Dnieper
OrilОрільalign=right 346[2] align=right 346align=right Dnieper
UdaiУдайalign=right 327align=right 327align=right Sula
VovchaВовчаalign=right 323align=right 323align=right Samara
SamaraСамараalign=right 320align=right 320align=right Dnieper
KhorolХоролalign=right 308align=right 308align=right Psel
PrutПрутalign=right 272align=right 967align=right Danube
PripyatПрип'ятьalign=right 261align=right 761align=right Dnieper
UzhУжalign=right 256align=right 256align=right Pripyat
ZbruchЗбручalign=right 244align=right 244align=right Dniester
SeretСеретalign=right 242align=right 242align=right [3] Dniester
StryiСтрийalign=right 232align=right 232align=right [4] Dniester
SeimСеймalign=right 222[5] align=right 748align=right Desna
AidarАйдарalign=right 213[6] align=right 264align=right Siverskyi Donets
KalmiusКальміусalign=right 209align=right 209align=right Sea of Azov
SalhirСалгирalign=right 204[7] align=right 204align=right Syvash
TysaТисаalign=right 201align=right 966align=right Danube
VysunВисуньalign=right 201align=right 201align=right Inhulets
OsterОстерalign=right 199align=right 201align=right Desna
LuhanЛуганьalign=right 198align=right 198align=right Siverskyi Donets
MolochnaМолочнаalign=right 197align=right 197align=right Sea of Azov
SnovСновalign=right 190align=right 253align=right Desna
StokhidСтохідalign=right 188align=right 188align=right Pripyat
TurijaТуріяalign=right 184align=right 184align=right Pripyat
OskilОскiлalign=right 177align=right 472align=right Siverskyi Donets
DanubeДунайalign=right 174align=right 2900align=right Black Sea
UbortУбортьalign=right 171align=right 292align=right Pripyat
KrynkaКринкаalign=right 170align=right 180align=right Mius River
SmotrychСмотричalign=right 168align=right 168align=right Dniester
Hirsky TikychГірський Тікичalign=right 167align=right 167align=right Hnylyi Tikych
Velyka VysВелика Висьalign=right 166align=right 166align=right Synyukha
MurafaМурафаalign=right 163align=right 163align=right Dniester
IrpinІрпіньalign=right 162align=right 162align=right Dnieper
TiasmynТясминalign=right 160align=right 160align=right Dnieper
BazavlukБазавлукalign=right 157align=right 157align=right Dnieper
Hnylyi TikychГнилий Тікичalign=right 157align=right 157align=right Synyukha
IkvaІкваalign=right 156align=right 156align=right Styr
ChychykliaЧичикліяalign=right 156align=right 156align=right Southern Bug
TylihulТилігулalign=right 154align=right 154align=right Black Sea
DerkulДеркулalign=right 153align=right 163align=right Siverskyi Donets
StvyhaСтвигаalign=right 66align=right 178align=right Pripyat
Velykyi KuialnykВеликий Куяльникalign=right 150align=right 150align=right Black Sea
Black Sea basin
Sea of Azov basin
Baltic Sea basin

Trivia

The most water in Ukraine is carried by Dnieper. Its annual drainage volume is 52.42km3. The only other river that has higher drainage volume is the Danube which running through Central Europe within Ukraine stretches only for 174km (108miles). The average annual drainage of the Danube is around 123km3.

The deepest river of Ukraine is Dniester. In its mid stream between Pyzhniv village and Mohyliv-Podilsky through the Dniester canyon (Podillia Upland) the river narrows to 1.5km (00.9miles) in width and deepens up to 10m (30feet).

The biggest water amount among distributaries is carried by the Chilia branch.

The biggest river delta in Ukraine belongs to Dnieper and has area of 350km2, while the Danube Delta within Ukraine is only 120km2.

See also

References

  1. http://209.85.129.132/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&q=cache:http://www.pripyatplan.org/docs/book/3.pdf Chapter 3. Quantitative characteristics of surface waters
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20190411214856/http://www.uarivers.net/ukr_rvrs/table10.doc Division of the small rivers amount in basin of major river of Ukraine
  3. http://otpusk-info.ru/journey/dictionary/geographic-names/fc/slovar-209-5.htm#zag-4296 Серет
  4. http://otpusk-info.ru/journey/dictionary/geographic-names/fc/slovar-209-8.htm#zag-4500 Стрый
  5. http://209.85.129.132/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&q=cache:http://irp.cn.ua/site/topicitem.jsp?category_id=49485529&item_id=805392383 Rivers, lakes, and swamps of the Chernihiv land
  6. http://www.menr.gov.ua/documents/LUGeko_06.doc Ecological passport of the Luhansk Oblast
  7. http://otpusk-info.ru/journey/dictionary/geographic-names/fc/slovar-209-1.htm#zag-4043 Салгир

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