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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.
Ukraine is located in Eastern Europe: lying on the northern shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The country borders Belarus in the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary in the west, Moldova and Romania in the south-west, and Russia in the east. [7] The total geographic area of Ukraine is 603,700 square kilometers (233,100 sq mi).
The Dniester (/ ˈ n iː s t ər / NEE-stər) [3] [4] [5] [a] is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again.
Two centuries later Guillaume le Vasseur, sieur de Beauplan became one of the more prominent cartographers working with Ukrainian data. His 1639 descriptive map of the region was the first such one produced, and after he published a pair of Ukraine maps of different scale in 1660, his drawings were republished [by whom?] throughout much of Europe. [2]
This is a List of international river borders. Rivers that form any portion of the border between two countries minimum: Rivers that form any portion of the border between two countries minimum: By region
For a structured list see List of rivers of Ukraine ... Crossings in Ukraine by river (2 C) D. Desna River (2 C, 1 P) Dnieper (5 C, 4 P) Dnieper basin (6 C, 15 P)
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
The Pripyat at Mazyr, Belarus The Pripyat at Polesia A map of the Pripyat. The Pripyat or Prypiat [a] is a river in Eastern Europe. The river, which is approximately 761 km (473 mi) long, [1] flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper.