Psel (river) explained

Psel
Name Other:	Psyol
Map:	Psel (rivière).png
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Russia, Ukraine
Subdivision Type3:	Oblast
Length:	717km (446miles)
Source1 Location:	Upstream of Prigorki, Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Source1 Coordinates:	51.1328°N 36.7478°W
Source1 Elevation:	247m (810feet)
Mouth:	Dnieper
Mouth Location:	Downstream of Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
Mouth Coordinates:	49.0211°N 33.5342°W
Basin Size:	22800km2
Tributaries Left:	Pena, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva
Tributaries Right:	Sudzha, Hrun, Khorol
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The Psel or Psyol (;) is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.

The Psel has a length of and a drainage basin of .^{[1] [2]} The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.^[1]

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):

Left: Ilyok,,,, Sinna,, Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka,, Bobrava, Borovenka,, Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa,, Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka

Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk

Settlements

Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadiach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

Russia

• Belgorod Oblast
  • Prokhorovsky District
    • Prigorki, Verkhnyaya Olshanka, Srednyaya Olshanka, Bugrovka, Beregovoye Vtoroye, Prelestnoye, Andreyevka, Vasilyevka, Yudinka, Kostroma, Vesyoly
  • Ivnyansky District
    • Olkhovatka, Cherenovo, Peschanoye, Samarino
• Kursk Oblast
  • Oboyansky District
    • Peresyp, Semyonovka, Shipy, Znobilovka Kamynino, Goryaynovo, Afanasyevo, Oboyan, Trubezh, Anakhino, Lunino, Turovka, Gremyachka, Kartamyshevo, Shmyrevo
  • Belovsky District
    • Kurochino, Kursk Oblast, Gochevo, Strigosly, Bobrava, Loshakovka, Korochka, Peschanoye, Sukhodol, Giryi, Belitsa, Kursk
  • Sudzhansky District
    • Spalnoye, Borki, Fanseyevka, Kurilovka, Guyevo, Gornal

Ukraine

• Sumy Oblast
  • Krasnopillia Raion
    • Zapsillya, Myropyllia, Velyka Rybytsya, Hrunivka
  • Sumy Raion
    • Bytytsya, Pushkarivka, Velika Chernechchyna, Zelenyi, Homyne, Sumy, Barvinkove
  • Lebedyn Raion
    • Chervone, Nyzy, Patriotivka, Kerdylivshchyna, Staronove, Byshkin, Tokari, Kulyky, Kurgan, Chervlene, Prystailove,, Kamyane
• Poltava Oblast
  • Myrhorod Raion
    • Plishyvets, Duchyntsi, Brovarki, Hadiach, Velbyvka, Mali Budyshcha, Sosnivka, Rashivka, Lysivka, Mlyny, Pereviz, Mala Obukhivka, Velyka Obukhivka, Panasivka, Savyntsi, Velyki Sorochintsy
  • Shyshaky Raion
    • Malyi Pereviz, Pokrovske, Baranivka, Velykyi Pereviz, Shyshaky, Yaresky, Nyzhni Yaresky
  • Velyka Bahachka Raion
    • Psilske, Velyka Bahachka, Harnokut, Luhove, Dzyubivshchyna, Krasnohorivka, Herusivka, Balakliya, Kolosivka, Ostapye, Zapsillya, Pidhirya
  • Reshetylivka Raion
    • • • • • • Sukhorabivka Kremenchuk Raion Popivka, Zamozhne, Manzheliya, Lamane, Plavni, Prylipka, Kyselivka, Hovtva, Zahrebellya, Yurky, Nyzhnya Manuilivka, Pisky, Knyshivka,, Zapsyllya, Omelnyk, Fedorenky, Kramarenky, Romanky, Onyshenky, Shcherbaky, Potoky, Pridnipryanske, Kuzmenky, Kyyashky,

Flora and fauna

The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.^[3]

In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch

Notes and References

1. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article093928.html Псёл
2. Book: Ukrajna természeti földrajza. pdf . 95. Izsák Tibor. II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. 2007. 2019-04-04. Hungarian.
3. [Гідрохімія]