Ukraine is rich in rivers, therefore, studying them, you can learn a lot about this country. It is worth listing them in order, from the longest to the more modest, in order to systematically deal with this interesting information.
Dnieper
This is the largest river in Ukraine, sung in literary works and songs. It flows through the lands of neighboring Belarus and Russia, but here it occupies the maximum territory and the very thing matters. The big river in Ukraine, the Dnieper, has a length of more than a thousand kilometers. It originates on the Valdai Upland, and ends at the estuary of the Black Sea. The river has about fifteen thousand tributaries. The course is located on the plains, over a large territory it is quite fast, but in some places you can also find reaches. The depth varies greatly: there are sections in half a meter, and there are holes reaching up to thirty meters. The pool is sandy, clayey, pebble, sometimes rocky. As the longest river in Ukraine, the Dnieper is extremely rich in fish. In its waters, loaches, crucian carp, carps, breams, burbots, perches, gudgeons, roaches, pike perches, pikes, catfishes and many other aquatic inhabitants are found in its waters. The river used to be known under other names. Herodotus wrote about Borisfen. The Romans called her Danapris. During Kievan Rus, the name Slavutich was in use. Already in the Middle Ages, the largest river in Ukraine acquired its modern name.
Southern Bug
When listing large rivers of Ukraine, this one is definitely worth mentioning. The uniqueness of the Southern Bug is that it is completely located on the territory of one state, and this also applies to tributaries. In the basin are located the energy complexes of the South Ukrainian NPP and Ladyzhinskaya TPP, it is planned to build the Tashlykskaya GS and the Alexandria hydroelectric complex. Opponents of such a decision say that the operation of such structures involves the consumption of water, which is already not too much in the Bug. Perhaps the construction will be canceled. Many cities are located on the banks of this river of Ukraine. Their names include such famous centers as Nikolaev, Vinnitsa, Khmelnitsky and Pervomaisk. The river originates from a swamp near the village of Kholodets, located in the Khmelnytsky region. A channel eight hundred kilometers long continues to the Bug estuary on the Black Sea.
Dniester
Studying the rivers of Ukraine, this cannot be ignored. The length of the Dniester is one thousand three hundred and fifty-two kilometers. The river flows through the territories of Ukraine and Moldova. The area of the basin is seventy-two thousand one hundred square kilometers. The source is located in the Turkovsky district of the Lviv region, near the village of Sereda. The river has many tributaries - Vereshchitsa, Tysmenitsa, Bystritsa, Beaver, Rotten Face, Strvyazh and many others. In winter, the Dniester freezes, and in early March, the ice disappears again. Like other large rivers of Ukraine, it boasts an impressive amount of fish. Here you can catch trout, chub, barbel, white-eyed, pike, roach, crucian carp, tench, bream, common carp, ruff, rhino. Rarely come across such species as catfish, zander, sterlet. Downstream, the ratio of different fish can change, and those distributed above can practically disappear from the water.
Seversky Donets
This river flows through the Belgorod and Rostov regions of Russia, and then ends up on the territory of Ukraine, where it flows into the Don. It is the fourth largest and serves as an important source of fresh water for eastern residents. According to some versions, the name sounds like “Northern Donets”, and earlier on maps it was applied in the form of “Northern Donets”. This is the largest tributary of the Don with a total length of about a thousand kilometers. The river "eats" snow, so the amount of water depends on the season of the year. From February to April, floods last. The width of the channel of this river of Ukraine is from thirty to seventy meters, reaching two hundred in some areas, and four thousand in the territories of reservoirs. The bottom is sandy, with strong changes in depth. In some places it is thirty centimeters, and somewhere - ten meters. Seversky Donets flows into the Don at a distance of two hundred and eighteen kilometers from the mouth.
Gum
It is worth mentioning the left tributary of the Dnieper. Like some other rivers of Ukraine, this also flows through the territory of Russia. The length of the Desna is one thousand one hundred thirty kilometers, which makes it the longest tributary of the Dnieper. The source of the river is located on the Smolensk Upland, near Yelnya. The mouth is located north of the capital of Ukraine. The Desna also has its own tributaries - Ubed, Zamglay, Belous, Vetma, Navlya, Znobovka and many others. It belongs to the Black Sea basin and covers an area of eighty-eight thousand nine hundred square kilometers.
Horyn
When wondering which rivers in Ukraine are small, you need to pay attention to this. The mountain begins on the Kremenets Upland, flows along the Volyn-Podolsky plateau and flows into Pripyat, crossing the Polesskoe Lowland along the Pinsk swamps. Thus, it becomes obvious that it is also located in Belarus. The length of the mountain is six hundred fifty-nine kilometers. At a distance of two hundred and ninety-one from the mouth, it becomes navigable. In the upper reaches, it is quite narrow, with a width of not more than ten meters. The greatest width is one hundred and ninety meters. Depth can be no more than one and a half meters. The transparency of the river provides a sandy bottom. Ice covers Horyn from December to March. The river has tributaries - Sluch, Polkva, Viliya. On the banks of the city are Izyaslav, Neteshin, Ostrog. In Belarus, this is Rechitsa, Stolin. The river is especially interesting for the fauna. Swallows live in high clay shores, here you can see swans living in reed thickets, many ducks and gulls. Gray cranes often come across.
Ingulets
Some rivers of Ukraine are located entirely in the territory of this country. For example, this is how Ingulets, the right tributary of the Dnieper, belonging to the Black Sea basin, flows. It is located on the territory of the Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Nikolaev and Kherson regions. The length of this Ukrainian river is five hundred and fifty kilometers. The beginning of the Ingulets comes from the small village of Topilo. It flows along the Dnieper Upland and the Black Sea Lowland, flowing alongside Sadovy in the Kherson region. The area of the Ingulets river basin is thirteen thousand seven hundred square meters. In the upper reaches there are many quiet backwaters, which increase in floods or after rainfall. The riverbanks are covered with reeds, the width reaches a maximum of one hundred and twenty meters, and the depth is five. There are granite deposits on the territory of the Ingults basin, and the valley first has a trapezoidal shape, and then transforms into a V-shaped.
Dog
Many small rivers of Ukraine belong to the Black Sea basin. Psel is no exception. The territory occupied by him is only twenty two thousand eight hundred kilometers, and the length is seven hundred seventeen. The source of the Psel River is located in Russia, near the village of Prigorki, Belgorod Region. In Ukraine, it flows along the Dnieper lowland and flows into the Dnieper. The river valley is distinguished by a small width, but extremely steep slopes, the banks can be asymmetric, with the right one up to seventy meters high and the shallow left one. Its channels and elders draw it, making the course even calmer. The bottom of the sand, silty in places, there are many holes in it, where a lot of fish can be found. In December, Psel is covered with ice, which only disappears by the end of March.
Case
This river is the right tributary of the Horynia. The length is four hundred and fifty-one kilometers. Sometimes it is called "Southern Case". The river basin occupies thirteen thousand nine hundred kilometers, it begins on the Podolsk Upland in the Khmelnitsky Region, flows along the Polesskaya Lowland and flows into Goryn at a distance of one hundred kilometers from the mouth, near the village of Velun. Occasion is fueled by snow and rain, so the amount of water can directly depend on the season. The valley is from two hundred to eight hundred meters in the upper part and up to five thousand - lower. In the area of the Sluch river basin, there is the Rivne landscape reserve called “Falcon Mountains”. From two hundred and ninety kilometers - navigable. There is a hydroelectric station on the territory. In addition, some cities of Ukraine, Sarny, Starokonstantinov, Novograd-Volynsky, are located on Cases, where it is actively used for water supply.
Styr
There is a theory that the name of the river is associated with the word "wash", but the exact answer, whether it is so and who gave such a name, is unknown. Styr flows through North-Western Ukraine. The beginning is located near the city of Brody, the pool passes through the Lviv, Volyn and Rivne regions. The length of the river is four hundred and ninety-four kilometers, seventy of them in Belarus. Styr has very steep banks with high slopes, the bottom is solid, sandy, sometimes pits and stones are found. By the end of November, the river freezes, and ice melts only by the end of March, flooding the entire valley at high water. The water is clean and suitable for drinking. Three large reservoirs are located in the basin; they are used in agriculture, for water supply, energy production, and industry. The large pier Styra is located in the city of Lutsk. The river is a tributary of Pripyat. She flows into it on the territory of Belarus. Styra also has its own tributaries - Slanivka, Konopelka, Kormin, Stubla, Lipa, Okinka, Chernoguzka. The river has a rich wildlife with many species of fish and birds living along the banks.
Western bug
This is a small river flowing through the territory of Eastern Europe, located both in Ukraine, and in Belarus and Poland. The length of the Western Bug is seven hundred seventy-two kilometers. A river flows from the Podolsk Upland, passes near Brest and flows into Warsaw at Narew, which further becomes a tributary of the Vistula. Ice covers the Western Bug from December to late March. The river has many tributaries - Mukhavets, Brok, Poltva, Khuchva, Nurets, Uherka, Rata. It is interesting that in the middle reaches the Western Bug serves as the natural border of the three countries through which it flows, bridges serve as crossings. On the river there are several Ukrainian cities - Busk, Dobrotvor, Kamenka-Bug, Sosnovka, Sokal, Chervonograd, Ustilug. In Belarus, on the banks of the Western Bug is Brest, in Poland - Wlodawa, Dorogichin, Terespol and Vyshkow.