| Molochna | |||||||||||
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.7014°N 35.2986°W | ||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Country | ||||||||||
| Length: | 197km (122miles) | ||||||||||
| Basin Size: | 3450km2 | ||||||||||
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The Molochna (; Russian: Моло́чная|Molochnaya) is a river in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. The river is connected with the Russian Mennonite culture, once based in the southeastern region of Ukraine since 1804 as Molotschna colony which was part of the Russian Empire at that time.
In antiquity the river was called Gerrhus or Gerrus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Γέρρος). The river was called Tokmak (Nogai: Токмак) by the Nogais.[1] [2]
The Molochna is formed by the confluence of the Chynhul and Tokmak rivers, just north of Molochansk. It flows roughly southwards, through Melitopol and into the Molochnyi Estuary in the Azov Sea. Its length is and its drainage basin is 3,450 km2.[3] A former island in the river contains the archaeological site of Kamyana Mohyla.