Dnieper River
The Dnieper River /ˈniːpər/ is ane o the major rivers o Europe (fowert bi length), risin near Smolensk an flawin through Roushie, Belarus an Ukraine tae the Black Sea. The tot length is 2,285 kilometre (1,420 mi) wi a drainage basin o 504,000 square kilometre (195,000 sq mi). The river is noted for its dams an hydroelectric stations. The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for the economy o Ukraine an is connectit via the Dnieper-Bug Canal tae ither watterways in Europe.
| Dnieper | |
| Roushie: Днепр (Dnepr) Belaroushie: Дняпро (Dniapro) Ukrainian: Дніпро (Dnipro) | |
| River | |
| Kintras | Roushie, Belarus, Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Sozh, Desna, Trubizh, Supiy, Sula, Psel, Vorskla, Samara, Konka, Bilozerka |
| - right | Drut, Berezina, Prypiat, Teteriv, Irpin, Stuhna, Ros, Tiasmyn, Bazavluk, Inhulets |
| Ceeties | Dorogobuzh, Smolensk, Mahilyow, Kiev, Cherkasy, Dnipro |
| Soorce | |
| - location | Valdai Hills, Roushie |
| - elevation | 220 m (722 ft) |
| - coordinates | 55°52′00″N 33°41′00″E / 55.86667°N 33.68333°E |
| Mooth | Dnieper Delta |
| - coordinates | 46°30′00″N 32°20′00″E / 46.50000°N 32.33333°ECoordinates: 46°30′00″N 32°20′00″E / 46.50000°N 32.33333°E |
| Lenth | 2,290 km (1,423 mi) |
| Basin | 516,300 km2 (199,345 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Kherson |
| - average | 1,670 m3/s (58,975 cu ft/s) |
 Dnieper River drainage basin
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In antiquity, the river wis kent tae the Greeks as the Borysthenes an wis pairt o the Amber Road. Arheimar, a caipital o the Goths, wis locatit on the Dnieper, accordin tae the Hervarar saga.