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Dnieper
Ukrainian: Дніпро (Dnipro)
Belarusian: Дняпро (Dniapro)
Russian: Днепр (Dnieper)
River
Dniepr river in Kyiv.jpg
The Dnieper River seen from atop a hill in Kyiv, Ukraine
Countries Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Tributaries
 - left Sozh, Desna, Trubizh, Supiy, Sula, Psel, Vorskla, Samara, Konka, Bilozerka
 - right Drut, Berezina, Prypiat, Teteriv, Irpin, Stuhna, Ros, Tiasmyn, Bazavluk, Inhulets
Cities Dorogobuzh, Smolensk, Mahilyow, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk
Source Glaciers
 - location Valdai Hills, Russia
Mouth Dnieper Delta
Length 2,290 km (1,423 mi)
Basin 516,300 km² (199,345 sq mi)
Discharge for Kherson
 - average 1,670 m³/s (58,975 cu ft/s)

The Dnieper River is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. It starts in Russia, then flows through Belarus and Ukraine, finally emptying into the Black Sea. It is the fourth longest river in Europe.

The Dnieper is about 2,285 kilometres (1,420 mi) long. About 485 km (301 mi) of it is in Russia. Another 595 km (370 mi) flows through Belarus. The longest part, about 1,095 km (680 mi), is in Ukraine. The area of land that drains into the Dnieper is huge, covering 504,000 square kilometres (195,000 sq mi). Of this, 289,000 km2 (112,000 sq mi) is in Ukraine.

Long ago, the ancient Greeks called this river the Borysthenes. The Dnieper River is also home to the Quagga mussel, a type of freshwater clam.

Images for kids

  • Pontic Olbia Borysthenes

    Human representation of the Dnieper river (known as Borysthenes) on an Ancient Greek coin of Pontic Olbia, 4th–3rd century BC

  • Mahiloŭ, Dniaproŭski most-Traječča. Магілёў, Дняпроўскі мост-Траечча (1901-17)

    Pre-1918 photo with the old spelling of Dnieper (Днѣпръ)

  • Bo-map

    Belarus section of the Dnieper river

  • Muromian-map

    Dnieper basin showing peoples in the ninth century

  • Дніпрові пороги 1915

    Rapids at Dnieper in 1915

  • Tractus Borysthenis vulgo Dniepr et Niepr Dicti, à Kiovia ufque ad Bouzin, Willem Blaeu (Amsterdam, 1662)

    Tractus Borysthenis or Dnieper (from Bovzin city to Chortyca island) in 1662

  • Dnipro estuary

    Satellite images of the Dnieper estuary, captured 8 August 2015

  • Dnieper Nasa 2004-05-06

    Satellite image of the Dnieper and its tributaries

  • Днепр код Кијева

    The Dnieper River in Kyiv, Ukraine

  • Dorogobuzh

    The Dnieper River in Dorogobuzh, Russian Empire, before 1917

  • Dnieper River from Kryukivs'kyi bridge in Kremenchuk, Ukraine

    The Dnieper River in Kremenchuk, Ukraine

  • Plersch-Odjazd Katarzyny II z Kaniowa w 1787 roku

    Catherine II leaving Kaniów in 1787 by Johann Gottlieb Plersch

  • Archip Iwanowitsch Kuindshi 001

    Dnieper by Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1881

  • Arkhip Kuindzhi - Ночь на Днепре - Google Art Project

    Moonlit Night on the Dnieper by Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1882

  • Aivazovsky Ice on Dnipro

    Ice in the Dnieper by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1872

  • StanislawskiJan.DnieprSzafirowy.1904.ws

    Sapphire Dnieper by Jan Stanisławski, 1904

See also

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