List of longest rivers of Ukraine

Hydrographic zoning in Ukraine

This is a list of the major rivers that flow through Ukraine.

Ukraine has around 23,000 rivers. Most of the rivers of Ukraine drain into the Black Sea and Azov Sea and belong to the bigger 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.

A NASA satellite image of the Dnieper and its tributaries.

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[edit]

Listed are rivers over 150 km (93 mi) long. Length is in kilometers.

Name  | Name
(Cyrillic) | Length
(in Ukraine) | Length
(total) | Drainage area  | Basin

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Dnieper | Дніпро  | 981  | 2201  | 291,400  | Dnieper-Bug Estuary
Southern Bug | Південний Буг  | 806  | 806  | 63,700  | Dnieper-Bug Estuary
Dniester | Дністер  | 705  | 1362  | 72,100  | Black Sea
Siverskyi Donets | Сіверський Донець  | 672  | 1053  | 98,900  | Don
Desna | Десна  | 591  | 1130  | 88,900  | Dnieper
Horyn | Горинь  | 577[1] | 659[1] | 27,010[1] | Pripyat
Inhulets | Інгулець  | 549  | 549  | 14,870  | Dnieper
Psel | Псел  | 526  | 717  | 22,800  | Dnieper
Sluch | Случ  | 451  | 451  | 13,800  | Horyn
Styr | Стир  | 445  | 494  | 13,100  | Pripyat
Western Bug | Західний Буг  | 401  | 831  | 73,500  | Narew [Narva]
Teteriv | Тетерів  | 385  | 385  | 15,300  | Dnieper
Sula | Сула  | 365  | 365  | 19,600  | Dnieper
Inhul | Інгул  | 354  | 354  | 9,890  | Southern Bug
Vorskla | Ворскла  | 348  | 464  | 14,700  | Dnieper
Ros | Рось  | 346  | 346  | 12,600  | Dnieper
Oril | Оріль  | 346[2] | 346[2] | 9,800[2] | Dnieper
Udai | Удай  | 327[2] | 327[2] | 7,030[2] | Sula
Vovcha | Вовча  | 323[2] | 323[2] | 13,300[2] | Samara
Samara | Самара  | 320  | 320  | 22,600  | Dnieper
Khorol | Хорол  | 308[2] | 308[2] | 3,870[2] | Psel
Prut | Прут  | 272  | 967  | 27,500  | Danube
Pripyat | Прип'ять  | 261  | 761  | 121,000  | Dnieper
Uzh | Уж  | 256[2] | 256[2] | 8,080[2] | Pripyat
Zbruch | Збруч  | 244  | 244  | 3,400  | Dniester
Seret | Серет  | 242  | 242  | 3,900[3] | Dniester
Stryi | Стрий  | 232  | 232  | 3,060[4] | Dniester
Seim | Сейм  | 222[5] | 748[5] | 27,500  | Desna
Aidar | Айдар  | 213[6] | 264[6] | 7,420  | Siverskyi Donets
Kalmius | Кальміус  | 209[2] | 209[2] | 5,070[2] | Sea of Azov
Salhir | Салгир  | 204[7] | 204[7] | 3,750[7] | Syvash
Tysa | Тиса  | 201  | 966  | 11,300[2] | Danube
Vysun | Висунь  | 201[2] | 201[2] | 2,670[2] | Inhulets
Oster | Остер  | 199[2] | 201[2] | 2,950[2] | Desna
Luhan | Лугань  | 198[2] | 198[2] | 3,740[2] | Siverskyi Donets
Molochna | Молочна  | 197[2] | 197[2] | 3,450[2] | Sea of Azov
Snov | Снов  | 190[2] | 253[2] |  | Desna
Stokhid | Стохід  | 188[2] | 188[2] | 3,150[2] | Pripyat
Turija | Турія  | 184[2] | 184[2] | 2,800[2] | Pripyat
Oskil | Оскiл  | 177[2] | 472[2] |  | Siverskyi Donets
Danube | Дунай  | 174[2] | 2900[2] |  | Black Sea
Ubort | Уборть  | 171[2] | 292[2] |  | Pripyat
Krynka | Кринка  | 170[2] | 180[2] |  | Mius River
Smotrych | Смотрич  | 168[2] | 168[2] | 1,800[2] | Dniester
Hirsky Tikych | Гірський Тікич  | 167[2] | 167[2] | 3,510[2] | Hnylyi Tikych
Velyka Vys | Велика Вись  | 166[2] | 166[2] | 2,860[2] | Synyukha
Murafa | Мурафа  | 163[2] | 163[2] | 2,410[2] | Dniester
Irpin | Ірпінь  | 162[2] | 162[2] | 3,340[2] | Dnieper
Tiasmyn | Тясмин  | 160[2] | 160[2] | 4,540[2] | Dnieper
Bazavluk | Базавлук  | 157[2] | 157[2] | 4,200[2] | Dnieper
Hnylyi Tikych | Гнилий Тікич  | 157[2] | 157[2] | 3,150[2] | Synyukha
Ikva | Іква  | 156[2] | 156[2] | 2,250[2] | Styr
Chychyklia | Чичиклія  | 156[2] | 156[2] | 2,120[2] | Southern Bug
Tylihul | Тилігул  | 154[2] | 154[2] | 3,300[2] | Black Sea
Derkul | Деркул  | 153[2] | 163[2] |  | Siverskyi Donets
Stvyha | Ствига  | 66[2] | 178[2] | 5,440[2] | Pripyat
Velykyi Kuialnyk | Великий Куяльник  | 150[2] | 150[2] | 1,860[2] | Black Sea

Black Sea basin

* Dnieper's tributaries

* Southern Bug's tributaries

* Dniester's tributaries

* Danube's tributaries

* Black Sea estuaries' tributaries

Sea of Azov basin

* Siverskyi Donets' tributaries

* Kalmius's tributaries

* Salhir's tributaries

* Mius' tributaries

Baltic Sea basin

* Western Bug's tributaries

## Trivia[edit]

The most water in Ukraine is carried by Dnieper. Its annual drainage volume is 52.42 km3 (12.58 cu mi). The only other river that has higher drainage volume is the Danube which running through Central Europe within Ukraine stretches only for 174 km (108 mi). The average annual drainage of the Danube is around 123 km3 (30 cu mi).

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 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in width and deepens up to 10 m (33 ft).

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 350 km2 (140 sq mi), while the Danube Delta within Ukraine is only 120 km2 (46 sq mi).

## Gallery[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of Ukraine.

Images of Ukrainian Rivers

* The Dnieper River passes through many cities — notably Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. In Kyiv, more than seven bridges cross the river.

* A map of the Southern Buh flowing through Ukraine (in Lithuanian).

* Kalmius river, Donetsk

## See also[edit]

* Waterfalls of Ukraine
* List of rivers of Europe
* Category:Rivers of Ukraine

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Chapter 3. Quantitative characteristics of surface waters[permanent dead link]
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3. ^ Серет, Словарь современных географических названий
4. ^ Стрый, Словарь современных географических названий
5. ^ a b Rivers, lakes, and swamps of the Chernihiv land[permanent dead link]
6. ^ a b Ecological passport of the Luhansk Oblast[permanent dead link]
7. ^ a b c Салгир, Словарь современных географических названий

## Further reading[edit]

(Copies of the works are available at the Electronic library "Chtyvo")

* Shvets, H., Drozd, N., Levchenko, S. Catalog of rivers of the Ukrainian SSR. Kyiv: "Publishing of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR", 1957.
* Klymenko, V. Hydrology of Ukraine. Kharkiv: "Karazin National University publishing", 2010.

## External links[edit]

* Electronic library "Chtyvo"
* Rivers of Ukraine suitable for Rafting
* Matsenko, H. Book of records of Ukraine. Nature around us. "Bohdan Books". ISBN 9789667520571

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Rivers of Ukraine by tributary or drainage basin

Black Sea|

* Alma
* Chorna
* Danube
* Dnieper
* Salhyr
* Tylihul
* Uchan-su
* Velykyi Kuialnyk

Bug|

* Poltva
* Solokiia

Danube|

* Prut
* Tisza

Dnieper (Rapids)|

* Bazavluk
* Desna
* Oster
* Seim
* Snov
* Sudost
* Inhulets
* Vysun
* Irpin
* Pripyat
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* Horyn
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* Stsviha
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* Ikva
* Turiia
* Ubort
* Uzh

San|

* Lubaczówka
* Wiar

Sea of Azov|

* Kalmius
* Mius
* Krynka
* Molochna

Southern Bug|

* Chychyklia
* Inhul
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