Don River (Roushie)
The Don (Roushie: Дон) is ane o the major rivers o Roushie. It rises in the toun o Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres sootheast tae Tula, sootheast o Moscow, an flows for a distance o aboot 1,950 kilometres (1,220 mi) frae the Sea o Azov.
Don (Дон) | |
River | |
The Don river near the veelage Kalininsky in Rostov Oblast.
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Tributaries | |
- left | Khopyor River |
- right | Seversky Donets River |
Ceeties | Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don |
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Soorce | |
- location | Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast |
- elevation | 238 m (781 ft) |
- coordinates | 54°00′43″N 38°16′41″E / 54.01194°N 38.27806°E |
Mooth | Sea o Azov |
- location | Kagal'nik, Rostov Oblast |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | 47°03′39″N 39°17′15″E / 47.06083°N 39.28750°ECoordinates: 47°03′39″N 39°17′15″E / 47.06083°N 39.28750°E |
Lenth | 1,950 km (1,212 mi) |
Basin | 425,600 km2 (164,325 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
- average | 935 m3/s (33,019 cu ft/s) |
Wattershed o the Don
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Frae its soorce, the river first flows sootheast tae Voronezh, then soothwast tae its mooth. The main ceety on the river is Rostov on Don. Its main tributary is the Seversky Donets.