[22] Already by the 1930s, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk were lacking water forcing the authorities to gradually create a network of canals and reservoirs. Frontline units in Bilohorivka reported multiple RU vehicles gathering on the other side of the river, he posted. Calculations based on drone footage put Russian losses at 73 vehicles and equipment. North of Izium, there are still broadleaf forests, and pine forests are found near Chuhuiv. Russian soldiers at a river crossing near Belogorovka. Seversky Donets River near the village of Yaremovka. Ukraine alone uses more than 2km3 (0.48cumi) of river waters per year, half of which is returned as polluted discharges; this consumption effectively reduces river runoff by 32m3/s (1,100cuft/s). Vegetation is mainly grass or cropland with thin lines of trees interspersed throughout the region. V. A. Kimstach; Michel Meybeck; Ellysar Baroudy (1998). By Patrick Galey and Sara Mhaidli. That goes in the same direction as 'reactive armour' that does not react, lubricants that do not lubricate, guided missiles that lack any guidance, cannons that break, tank chains that break, tyres that retire when called upon for duty, tank armour of T-90Ms and other supposedly superior war chariots that falls prey to Panzerfaust and Carl Gustav, which officially they should not. [13][15], The width of the river mostly ranges between 30 and 70 m (98 and 230 ft),[9] sometimes reaching 100200m (330660ft) and even 4km (2.5mi) in the reservoir area. Ukraine has little defense against Russias Iranian ballistic missiles, which could pummel the countrys energy infrastructure as winter hits. The Russians know that if they cannot emerge victorious in the Donbas it will bode ill for their future operations. Ukraine forces observed the Russians trying to build a pontoon bridge to cross the Donets River on May 7. The Times estimated that over 1,000 soldiers were killed during the battle at the Donets, whereas Newsweek cited Ukrainian claims of up to 1,500 soldiers killed during the battle. [24] Back in the 1960s1970s, especially near Oskol River, it was not unusual to meet bobak marmot, Eurasian deer, wild boar and Russian desman. Then they tried to arrange a new bridge., Ukrainian aviation then started a heavy bombardment of the area, and it destroyed all the remains of Russians there, and other bridge they tried to make. They tried to run away using broken bridge. Imagine a Russian Army bridging operation. " XVIII ". For Russian forces trying to cross the Siverskyi Donets on a pontoon bridge last weekend, this was more difficult than they could ever have imagined. The many Cossacks became later assimilated into the strengthening Russian Empire, which had rebuilt and reinforced the fortress of Belgorod and cities of Kiev, Izium, Luhansk, Chuhuiv and others in order keep defensive lines against the raids of nomads from the south-east. [7][8][9], The Donets originates on the Central Russian Upland, near Podolkhi village, Prokhorovka area, north of Belgorod,[10] at an elevation of 200m (660ft) above sea level. Ukraine's military says it blew up a key Russian crossing on the Siverskyi Donets River on its eastern front, inflicting heavy . The recent fall of Popasna raises the possibility of a northern advance too, said Schlottman, adding though that theres not a lot of reporting from there. The Ukraine-Russia war has now entered a possibly decisive phase. [4] The Slavic name of Seversky Donets derived from the fact that the river originates from the land of Severians. by SOFREP May 13, 2022. Ukrainian forces blew up four separate bridges at the Bilohorivka site alone. When bridges are destroyed in a war, an army that later attempts to make a river crossing must construct and utilize pontoon bridges. Sie knnen Ihre Einstellungen jederzeit ndern. [13] The water quality is graded as level IV (polluted) to V (dirty). Update now. The reduction is mainly caused by the destruction of forests, especially old groves along the river banks. Russians have even succeeded to move some troops and vehicles over the river. The right bank is usually high, sometimes with chalk cliffs, and is dissected by gullies. Most surprisingly, the battle drew criticisms to the Russian Armed Forces from well-known pro-Russian milbloggers. The result was that most of a Battalion Tactical Group, the main fighting unit of the Russian Army in Ukraine, was wiped out. Battle of the Siverskyi Donets. Russian troops had thrown smoke grenades in the area, creating difficulties in visibility. The Donez / Donets river was of importance in several battles in the Second World War in 1941 and twice in 1943. 1h. Excessive flooding is rare due to abundant artificial water reservoirs constructed along the river. This East-West divide collapsed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Two Ukrainian tanks of the 30th Mechanized Brigade engaged at least four Russian BMPs, two boats and two infantry squads at a distance of 1,200 metres (3,900 feet), stopping the advance. [citation needed]. Watery grave - Russian armored vehicles and tanks destroyed on the riverbank at the Siverskyi Donets River, Irreplaceable Resources A War of Attrition. The War Zone reached out to Maxim, but we have not yet heard back from him. Crossing the river required the Russians to construct and connect eight ten meter pontoon bridges. Another source put Russian losses at at least six tanks, fourteen infantry BMP armored vehicles, seven amphibious MT-LB vehicles, five other armored vehicles and a tugboat. Russian armored vehicles and heavy artillery would find this much more to their liking. In this handout photo provided by the Ukraine Armed Forces on Thursday, May 12, 2022, a ruined pontoon crossing with dozens of destroyed or damaged Russian armored vehicles on both banks of Siverskyi Donets River after their pontoon bridges were blown up in eastern Ukraine. Rafting is of the first (lowest) degree of difficulty. The War Zone was not able to independently verify any casualty claims. "Images indicate that during the crossing of the Siverskyi Donets river west of Severodonetsk, Russia lost significant armored maneuver elements of at least one Battalion Tactical Group as well as . Thousands of personnel, tanks, and other military vehicles prepared to cross over to the west bank of the river as part of their wider advance westward towards Lyman. Near Pechenga Reservoir, there are several health resorts. Ukrainian propaganda twitter & BrOSINT are all over it, coming up with ever higher numbers, sharing photos of the battle. A picture of destruction - Russian armored vehicles destroyed while crossing the Donets River. By one count, over seventy armored vehicles were destroyed. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. Drone footage captures Russian losses in the aftermath of an attack from Ukrainian forces at the Seversky Donets river near the village of Bilohorivka.Contin. [16], Donets suffered greatly even back in the 18th century, when old oaks were cut down along its banks. It gives its name to the Donets Basin, known commonly as the Donbass, an important coal mining region in Ukraine. [34] The creation of artificial forest belts (windbreaks) in the basin in the 1960s brought insectivorous birds new to this area, such as Streptopelia, European magpie and shrikes. [36] The most picturesque part is probably near the town of Izium, which hosts a National Park of Holy Mountains. They were unable to achieve the large-scale envelopment via the Izium-Sloviansk axis, so they've refocused their main effort to be what appears to be the front between Lyman and Severodonetsk, he said. View original page. Its basin contains over 3000 rivers, of which 425 are longer than 10km (6.2mi) and 11 are longer than 100km (62mi); 1011 of those rivers directly flow into the Donets. [citation needed]. So, Apple computer are regarded superior improvements to the other materials used in such vests by the russians. They also suggested the battle showcased the disorder within the Russian ranks. In 2 and a half months, 12th Separate Guards engineering brigade of #Russia lost two of their commanders.On May 11, Colonel Denis Kozlov, was killed in #Ukraine. It was not until around 2830 June, after the fall of Sievierodonetsk and during the encirclement of Lysychansk, that Russian forces made a notable river crossing of the Donets, with Chechen Kadyrovites and LPR separatist units capturing the town of Pryvillia after a river crossing. Near the Russian city of Donetsk (Rostov oblast), the river crosses the Donets Ridge and flows in a narrow valley with steep and rocky slopes. Familypedia is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. It has with the capacity of 400 million m3 and provides about 75% of water consumed by Kharkiv. Most of the river's length 950km (590mi) stretches across Ukraine. This is of great concern for their military leadership because Russian President Vladimir Putin did not declare a full mobilization as some analysts expected at the Victory Day celebrations earlier this week. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts) and then again through Russia (Rostov Oblast) to join the Don River, about 100km (62mi) from the Sea of Azov. They crossed the river at Izyum in early April but so far haven't been able to . Total corruption has equipped the russians with inferior weaponry that is far below the standards it is supposed to be. In the downstream, after the confluence of the Wolf River (Volchiya River), there is Pechenihy Reservoir (volume 86km3)[14] which supplies water to the city of Kiev. On 11 May 2022, commander of the 12th Engineer Brigade Colonel Denis Kozlov was killed: the second commander of this brigade killed within two months of combat, and the 42nd Russian colonel lost during the open invasion phase of the war. During the migratory season, the region is visited by greylag and black geese. In the lower part of Donets lowland,[17] the flow is interrupted by sluices and is slow. Visibility was shit in the area because Russians put fields & forests on fire, and were throwing a lot of smoke grenades. Some tributaries of the Donets, such as Kozenyi Butt, Bakhmut and Lugan are so polluted that consuming fish caught there is dangerous. Kiev, , 1991, Agroclimaticale directory of Kharkiv area, Gidrometeoizdat, Leningrad, 1957. A nightmare of foolishness. Speaks to their determination and willingness to commit resources to this offensive, despite the high risk of significant losses. They made it as far as the seventh, when artillery from the Ukrainian Armys 7th Tank Brigade unloaded on them. During the battle of Donbas, Russian forces advanced forwards from the 2014 line of contact towards the city of Lyman, as part of a wider attempt to encircle a salient containing more than 40,000 Ukrainian soldiers. Another one of my contacts shared a video of a Ukrainian soldier checking the ''bulletproof vest'' of a fallen russian soldier (neither the russian nor his vest were sufficiently bulletproof) and found a Apple computer. The battle of the Siverskyi Donets was a series of military engagements which took place in May 2022, most notably from 5 to 13 May, on the Lyman - Sievierodonetsk front of the battle of Donbas. The Donets river was the largest natural obstacle standing in front of the Russian offensive. The Donets is the fourth longest river in Ukraine and the biggest in the Eastern Ukraine. Russian forces sustained remarkable losses in trying to cross the river, according to Ukraine Weapons Tracker. Attempts to improve the dam network in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which were partly promoted by Dmitri Mendeleev,[27][28] were interrupted by World War I, Russian Civil War and lack of funds. 31. To counter this, the Ukrainian forces deployed drones, successfully spotting the pontoon bridge in the early morning. Due to the bloody and costly nature of the river crossing, the battle attracted significant media attention. The last bridge was constructed between Bilohorivka and Serebryanka around 12 May and was also destroyed, with the last Russian troops having retreated to their side of the river on 13 May. Haidai claimed that Ukrainian forces destroyed two Russian BTGs, amounting to almost 1,000 soldiers. "Russian forces sustained remarkable losses from the failed bridging attempt over the Siverskyi Donets River. The first archaeological evidence of settlers relates to Cheulean and Acheulean periods of Lower Paleolithic through stone tools (axes) found on the river banks near Izium city of Kharkiv Oblast and in Luhansk Oblast. We count 6x T-72B-series MBT, 14x BMP-1/2 variants, 7x MT-LB, a tugboat & 5+ other armoured vehicles destroyed/abandoned/damaged, they said in a May 11 tweet. [30][31] In Kharkiv Oblast, water is contaminated by industrial and communal wastes of Belgorod, Izyum and Shebekino cities, but the water is partially purified through the Pechenga Reservoir. Maxim said he reported that information to his commanders. [34], On the banks of the river, in the floodplain wetlands, there are abundant water frogs, toads (especially green toad), smooth and great crested newts[35] and less common grass snake, dice snake and European pond terrapin.[24]. The river is curvy, especially above the tributary river Oskol. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen verwalten, um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Ihre Einstellungen zu verwalten. [32], The Donets hosts 44 species of fish, predominantly small fishes such as European perch, rutilus and common rudd. All Rights Reserved. [6] The average annual flow is 25m3 (880cuft) near the source and 200m3 (7,100cuft) at the confluence to the Don. Dies geschieht in Ihren Datenschutzeinstellungen. Until the mid-19th century, the river was rich in fish which population rapidly declined since then. The number of Russians killed and wounded in the attack varies. Ukraine has offered the release of Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the severely hurt fighters trapped inside Mariupol's Azovstal steel mill. [11][12][13] These rivers are mostly fed by melting snow, and thus the water supply is uneven during the year. Within Ukraine, the river flows between the Cisdesna plateau[17] and the Donets lowland. . Artillery was ready. (via Twitter from, Russian vehicles destroyed and abandoned after Ukrainian forces attacked them as they tried to cross the Donets River. After a day of heavy fighting, the bridge was down. For engagements along the river in April 2022, see, Destroyed Russian bridge and vehicles near Bilohorivka, Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting, 20212022 BelarusEuropean Union border crisis, On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians, Evacuation of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR, Mobilization in Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR, On conducting a special military operation, international recognition of the Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR, Northeastern UkraineRussia border skirmishes, Annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Torture and castration of a Ukrainian POW in Pryvillia, Torture of Russian soldiers in Mala Rohan, Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike, restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad Oblast, European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine, Destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition, Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Manifesto of the South Russian People's Council, Danish European Union defence opt-out referendum, List of dignitaries at the state funeral of Elizabeth II, Proposed Russian annexation of South Ossetia, Recognition of Russia as a terrorist state, demolition of monuments to Alexander Pushkin, Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions, 2022 Belarusian and Russian partisan movement, Crisis at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, And now I will show you where the attack on Belarus was prepared from, Proposed Russian annexation of Transnistria, Russian military presence in Transnistria, Battles of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Forced confiscation law of Russian property, National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the War, Conmemorative Medal "Participant of a Special Military Operation", Russian Orthodox clergymen appeal against war, State Duma initiative for charging Vladimir Putin of high treason. With that flow of the river, I knew they would need motorized boats to arrange such a bridge, and it would take them at least two hours of work. Which is where the meandering Siverskyi Donets comes into play. Many of the related tribals had nomadic lifestyle characteristic of Kipchak people, Golden Horde and later of Cossacks. This information was relayed to the Ukrainian Air Force and artillery detachments stationed throughout the area, who pounded the bridge with a combined aerial and artillery bombardment. [19], The river played a crucial role for its ancient settlers as a source of water and food, means of transportation and trade route. "If the mud is such that you're driven to paved roads, rivers become even become a bigger obstacle. The left bank is more flat, contains numerous swamps, lakes and oxbow lakes,[14] the largest of which is lake Lyman. The Battle of Donbas is an ongoing military offensive that is part of the wider eastern Ukraine offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.The battle began on 18 April 2022 between the armed forces of Russia and Ukraine for control of the provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. A person who says he is a Ukrainian combat engineer has already claimed the glory of destroying a whole Battalion Tactical Group and killing 1500 (!!!) Later, Bilohorivka was captured by Russia in the Battle of Lysychansk, but Ukraine launched a counterattack aimed on retaking it on 17 July. This is the situation that confronts the Russian Army with the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine. The whole battle lasted for eight days (5 May to 13 May), during which all bridges and all bridgeheads were destroyed by the Ukrainian army. Some of the trees were used for shipbuilding during the Russian-Turkish wars in the time of Peter I. Open-source intelligence images show that the Russians are trying once again to bridge the river and effect a crossing in the same area. 13/ Crossing the Siverskyi Donets has been a high priority for Russia as an essential step towards encircling Ukraine's forces in the Donbas. . Annual data on mode and surface water resources. (Twitter via, Numerous Russian tanks and other armor were destroyed or abandoned after being attacked by Ukraine while trying to cross the Donets River. On 8 May, Russian forces constructed a pontoon bridge across the Donets at Bilohorivka. [24][25] After the breakup of the USSR, most of the basin territory became part of Ukraine. Military analysts were reportedly stunned by the lack of tactical sense in the attempted river crossing. Being the longest river in the region, control of the Donets also meant an ability to freely maneuver military hardware north and south along the river's path, impact regional agriculture, and control the water supply to key cities such as Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Kharkiv, and others. Articles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made. Crossing the river from Staryi Saltiv is practically impossible, as that part of the river has a manmade reservoir that's hundreds of meters wide. There the valley widens and contains numerous oxbow lakes in its floodplain. by the river and he answers for it publicly, we wont have had any military reforms". He also said he told the Ukrainian unit observing that part of the river to listen for the sound of motorboats. The main pollutants are fertilizers, petroleum, phenols, zinc, chromium and copper. Took me a day to check everything. Images from the attacks aftermath showed a great deal of destruction. While the Russians have several times the amount of human and material resources available to the Ukrainians, they cannot afford to take the kind of losses that occurred while trying to make the river crossing. With Russias defeat and withdrawal on that front, the line shifted into eastern Ukraine as Russia began Phase 2 of their so called Special Military Operation focusing on the Donbas region. The busiest tourism months are from May to September. The bridge was confirmed to have been destroyed by 10 May. Instead, the Russians have decided to commit their maneuver forces to a more costly course of action and directly assault the Ukrainian lines south, across the Siverskyi Donets, Schlottman said. Original publication year 1788. Of course, there were still geophysical obstacles that would be fiercely contested. Some Russian forces (~30-50 vehicles + infantry) were stuck on Ukrainian side of the river with no way back. It is an important source of fresh water in the east of the country. "Contrary to the majority of comments, I suggest the actual Russian combat casualty (wounded+killed) can be as low as 200~250," @partizan_oleg Tweeted. The flow is slow, between 0.15m/s (0.49ft/s) at Chuhuiv and 1.41m/s (4.6ft/s) near Lysychansk. The bridging was part of an ongoing operation to capture the small cities of Lyman and Sievierodonetsk. Average water salinity is 650750mg/L, and it increases in winter to 1000mg/L mostly due to industrial wastewater. To supply water to southern Donbas and Donetsk, the 130-km long Donets-Donbass channel was built around 1958 starting near Raigorodok city,[14] and in compensation, the Dnieper-Donbass channel was created to supply water from Dnieper River to the upstream of the Donets via the Bereka River. The losses suffered from the battle bogged down the Russian advance in Luhansk Oblast and delayed their advance into northern Donetsk Oblast. 2022Recurrent Ventures. The ISW stated that these direct criticism from pro-Russian bloggers could be significant in that it may fuel doubts of the Russian people's faith in their military leaders and of the war. But early on the morning ofMay 8, those troops heard the sound of motorboats. Hundreds of Russian soldiers were also killed. [7] A view shows a destroyed bridge over the Siverskyi Donets river near the town of Balakliia, recently liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a counteroffensive operation, amid Russia's . Klement Tockner; Urs Uehlinger; Christopher T. Robinson (2009). The War Zone could not independently verify Maxims claims, but on March 9, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters that the Pentagon was aware of the battle. As rivers go in Ukraine, the Siverskyi Donets is not well known. In 1936, the Kochetok Reservoir was created and coupled to the water system of Kharkiv. International Institute of Communications (IIC). In total, four bridges were constructed and three bridgeheads were established: one at Dronivka, two at Bilohorivka, and another at Serebryanka. Scientific Affairs Division (1997). Many species of wild plants survive near floodplain wetlands. 20. While the Ukrainians can rely on western military aid in the months ahead, that support might wane if the war drags on. The river flows through the historic lands of Sloboda Ukraine as well as the lands of Don River Host. Kuzmin, S. L; Kenneth Dodd, C; Pikulik, Mikhail MikhaLovich (1995). [6] Most of the river's length 950 km (590 mi) stretches across Ukraine. Their efforts have not been successful. The front line on May 13, with the Donets outlined in purple. It is not clearly established the way it was during the Cold War when the Iron Curtain and Berlin Wall formed a hard border between the Eastern and Western worlds. A war of attrition in the Donbas was thought to be the best case scenario for a Russian victory in Ukraine. Now with real time intelligence and the use of drones these operations are as dangerous as they have ever been. So it doesn't surprise me that they would try to build fords across some of these rivers.". [24], Banks of the river used to contain groves of trees, which were cut during the 18th19th centuries. As the Russia-Ukraine war continues for nearly three months with no clear end in sight, ThePrint brings you stories from the changing frontlines.Amid critici. 06 Nov 2022 05:28:53 That means it acts as a natural barrier that influences the fighting that now rages in the Donbas. May 12, 2022, 6:57 AM PDT. RIHMI-WDC, Obninsk, 1989. I think they've been trying to do that with artillery fire and airstrikes alone up until about a week ago and hoping that the Izium sector develops favorably, he said, but that hasn't happened.. Nils Petter Gleditsch, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Russia wants to encircle Ukrainian troops on a key part of the battlefield, but they cant cross the river in order to do so without getting killed. Terrain in the Donbas is much less topographically challenging, as it is comparatively flat. On the evening of May 8, Serhiy Haidai announced for the first time that the Russians had managed to erect a pontoon crossing over the Siverskyi Donets and even transported a certain amount of equipment to the other bank, which turned Bilohorivka into a hotbed of fighting. It's a river that poses non-insignificant challenges. Russian attempts to cross the river in other locations, some of which were successful, involved the deployment of pontoon bridges to facilitate the transportation of troops and equipment across the river. At the beginning of the Ukraine-Russia War, the invisible dividing line between east and west in Europe was centered on Kyiv. zoltan pozsar wiki; does the swaying mass3939 ever learn what the narrator has known since the first stanza; is the mackinac bridge safe; China; Fintech; best gas station to buy lottery tickets near Chon Buri; Policy; gondola supplier; Entertainment; homemade dog ear cleaner apple cider vinegar; romance is a bonus book dramacool; jacksonville . [29] The industrial development of the 19th century reduced the groundwater levels of the basin. Only a small part of the old groves remains, mainly in the Kharkiv Oblast. Meanwhile, Russian troops reached the Siverskyi Donets river east of Yampil and tried to cross it in order to cut off Ukrainian troops (at least two brigades, with a combined total of 8-10 . [20] Over the ages, the river banks were populated by tribals of various cultures, including Mousterian, Yamna, Catacomb, Scythian, Alan, Khazar and later Slavic cultures. According to Serhiy Haidai, the Governor of Luhansk Oblast, during the battle, Ukrainians destroyed Russian tanks, armoured vehicles, bridging equipment, helicopters and speed boats. These are not Alpine features, and for cavalry or infantry, this river is not too much of an issue, but for tanks and wheeled vehicles it is, especially if these are of significant weight. The Donets is the largest river in eastern Ukraine and the largest tributary of the Don. A third blogger named Vladlen Tatarski was also very critical towards the Russian commanders and their tactics, writing: "Until we get the last name of the military genius who laid down a B.T.G. [23] As a result of the industrial activity, the wild nature of Donets Basin transformed into an industrial settlement. [9] The river freezes from around mid-December until late March[14] and is covered by 2050cm (7.920in) thick ice. The eastern bank features craters and smoke, including around Russian military vehicles. That route may be less defended than the Siverskyi Donets line, but it also primarily LPR/DPR forces in Popasna, plus Naval Infantry/Wagner possibly., At a minimum, Schlottman said, Popasna serves as a position to set up their fires from and also try to fix as many Ukrainian forces away from the Siverskyi Donets as possible., The losses from the pitched two-day battle that began May 8 were significant, said Schlottman, but probably not decisively so., It's unclear, he said, what strength many of the Russian battalion tactical groups (BTG) are at at this point, but it looked like it was close to a full-strength one, at least in terms of mechanized infantry and armor.. P. 236, https://books.google.com/books?id=Qh7nDfGm7BkC&pg=PA71, https://books.google.com/books?id=wKsBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76, http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CD%5CO%5CDonetsRiver.htm, https://books.google.com/books?id=y5BLCAdgadMC&pg=PA438, - (Rare fish types of the Donets basin in the north-eastern Ukraine), http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/bse/article/00069/69210.htm, https://web.archive.org/web/20140813143858/http://www.horyzont.narod.ru/encyklopedia2/en_2_donecka_nyzow.htm, ". - ", http://www.sarkel.ru/istoriya/istoriya_kazachestva/varianty_soedineniya_volgi_i_dona/, https://books.google.com/books?id=p8Q17IQEaOoC&pg=PA182, https://books.google.com/books?id=wb9dTAgkg_UC&pg=PT532, https://books.google.com/books?id=UQWu1WTnvYMC&pg=PA33, https://books.google.com/books?id=2dk_SC5TIl8C, Site Seversk-Donets Basin Water Resources, () ( ), Merger of river Vezelka into Donets (flowing down), Belgorod Reservoir and village Maslova Pristan, Bereka River and Dnieper Donbas channel. [13][33] Near Pechenga Reservoir a large hatchery of carp has successfully operated since 1967. Below Pechenga Reservoir, Donets is fed by Udy and by its largest tributary Oskol. Only 12 individuals of demoiselle cranes remain in the area, near Svyatogorsk city. The design of the dams and their old age slowed down the navigation of the river, which is currently rather limited. [16] The river valley is wide: from 810km (5.06.2mi) in the upper part and up to 2026km (1216mi) downstream, and is asymmetrical. "There's rivers and streams all throughout the Donbas," the official said. Most of the river's length 950 km (590 mi) stretches across Ukraine.
Best Irish Subscription Box, Brittany Water Restrictions, Atkinson, Nh Assessor Database, Logit Probit Model Example, Distinguish Between International Humanitarian Law And Human Rights, Baltimore, Maryland Weather, What Is Humanistic Psychology, Resnet18 Number Of Parameters, Embassy Suites Waltham, Shareplum Getlistitems, Discover Eu Culture Route, Worcester County Ma Property Search,