Donets
Sign in to saveThe 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
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The Donets is a major river in Eastern Europe that flows from Russia through Ukraine and back into Russia, serving as a crucial source of fresh water for eastern Ukraine and giving its name to the Donbas, an important coal-mining region. The river is Ukraine's fourth-longest and is significant for both the local environment and the industrial economy of the area it passes through.
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- View of the Donets and Sviatohirsk Lavra, the Holy Mountains.
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21 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography and hydrology
- Current
- Navigation
- History
- Pre-industrial era
- Industrial era
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Environment
- Flora and fauna
- Fish
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Mammals
- Birds
- Flora
- Tourism
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
- Google Maps satellite pictures
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 and industrial region in Ukraine.
==Etymology== The names Don and its diminutive Donets are derived from Iranic, Sarmatian "the river". Scytho-Sarmatians inhabited the areas to the north of the Black Sea from 1100 BC into the early medieval times.