Psel (river)
| Psel Psyol | |
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 The Psel near Ivnya | |
 Psel River | |
| Native name | Псел (Ukrainian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia, Ukraine |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Upstream of Prigorki, Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia |
| • coordinates | 51°07′58″N 36°44′52″E / 51.13278°N 36.74778°E |
| • elevation | 247 m (810 ft) |
| Mouth | Dnieper |
• location | Downstream of Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine |
• coordinates | 49°01′16″N 33°32′03″E / 49.02111°N 33.53417°E |
| Length | 717 km (446 mi) |
| Basin size | 22,800 km2 (8,800 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pena, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva |
| • right | Sudzha, Hrun, Khorol |
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The Psel or Psyol (Russian: Псёл; Ukrainian: Псел)[a] is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.
The Psel has a length of 717 kilometres (446 mi) and a drainage basin of 22,800 square kilometres (8,800 sq mi).[1][2] The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.[1]
Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):
Left: Ilyok, Pena, Udava, Rybytsia, Sinna, Syrovatka, Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka, Budylka, Bobrava, Borovenka, Vepryk, Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa, Bakai, Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka
Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk
Settlements
Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadiach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
- Sumy Oblast
- Poltava Oblast
Flora and fauna
The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.[3]
In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch
Notes
References
- ^ a b Псёл, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ Гідрохімія річок Лівобережного лісостепу / За ред. В. К. Хільчевського, В. А. Сташука. — К.: Ніка-Центр, 2014. — 230 с. ISBN 978-966-521-107-5
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