Donets basin

The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets (), is a river on the south of the East European Plain. 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 river Don, about from the Sea of Azov. The Donets is the fourth-longest river in Ukraine, and the largest in eastern Ukraine, where it is an important source of fresh water. It gives its name to the Donets Basin, known commonly as the Donbas, an important coal-mining an

species of fish

The Bakhmutka () is a river in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is a right tributary of the Siverskyi Donets. It is also known as the Bakhmut () or the Bakhmutovka.

prehistoric culture

Historical trail in southern Russia and Ukraine

the east-west running rift in the Sarmatian Craton