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The Donets is the largest river in eastern Ukraine and the largest tributary of the Don. Its total length is 1,053 km (654 mi) and the basin area is 98,900 km 2 (38,200 sq mi). [6] Most of the river's length 950 km (590 mi) stretches across Ukraine. [7]
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.
Izium or Izyum [2] [3] (Ukrainian: Ізюм, IPA: ⓘ; Russian: Изюм) is a city on the Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine that serves as the administrative center of Izium Raion and Izium urban hromada. [4] It is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) southeast of the city of Kharkiv, the oblast's administrative center.
The name of the coal basin is a reference to the Donets Ridge; the latter is associated with the Donets river. There are numerous definitions of the region's extent. [ 13 ] The Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine defines the "small Donbas" as the northern part of Donetsk and the southern part of Luhansk regions of Ukraine, and the attached part ...
Donetsk (UK: / d ɒ n ˈ j ɛ t s k / don-YETSK, [1] US: / d ə n-/ dən-; [2] [3] Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛtsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Донецк [dɐˈnʲetsk] ⓘ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of ...
The river has a total length of 88 kilometres (55 mi), and a basin size of 1,590 square kilometres (610 sq mi). The river begins in the village of Lozuvatske, near the city of Pokrovsk. [2] The river flows through the cities of Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk before flowing into the Siverskyi Donets in the town of Raihorodok.
Vovchansk (Ukrainian: Вовчанськ, pronounced [wou̯ˈt͡ʃɑnʲsʲk]; Russian: Волчанск, Volchansk) is a destroyed city in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Vovchansk urban hromada . [3] The Vovcha river, a tributary of the Donets river, runs through the city.
Based on the Russian name of the river (Сѣверный Донецъ, M: Северский Донець), the name of the city in Russian is Severodonetsk. [d] According to another version, the name comes from the location of the city, which is situated to the north of the Donets bank. [11]