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The term Dnieper Ukraine [1] (Ukrainian: Наддніпрянщина, romanized: Naddniprianshchyna, lit. 'over Dnieper land'), usually refers to territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River. The Ukrainian name derives from nad‑ (prefix: "above, over") + Dnipró ("Dnieper") + ‑shchyna (suffix denoting a geographic ...
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.
Dnieper Rapids Between Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro) and Aleksandrovsk (now Zaporizhzhia)The Dnieper rapids (Ukrainian: Дніпрові пороги, romanized: Dniprovi porohy) also known as cataracts of the Dnieper were the historical rapids on the Dnieper river in Ukraine, caused by outcrops of granites, gneisses and other types of bedrock of the Ukrainian Shield.
Dnieper or Dnipro is a major river, rising in Russia and flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Dnieper may also refer to: Dnieper Ukraine , usually referring territory on either side of the middle course of the Dnieper River
The Dnieper also served as a major route for transporting the armies of Kyiv princes on their way to the Byzantine coastal cities in the early 9th and late 9th centuries. [9] [10] At the beginning of the 15th century, Tatar tribes inhabiting the right bank of the Dnieper were driven away by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
The Dnieper Basin is the drainage basin of the Dnieper River, covering an area of 531,817 square kilometres (205,336 sq mi). [1] Its water resources compose around 80% of the total for all Ukraine . [ 2 ]
The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II. Being one of the largest operations of the war, it involved almost four million troops at one point and stretched over a 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) front.
Name Location Type Constructed Russia-Belarus border-Source of the Dnieper in Belarus — Dubroŭna: Road 1960s [10] /2009 [11] M1 highway Vorša bypass Pašyna - Prydniaproŭje Road 1981 Mahilioŭ Street Bridge Vorša: Road 1957 Juryja Babkova Street Bridge Road — Rail — — Kopys — Alieksandryja (Škloŭ Raion) Road 2007 [12 ...