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Oskil
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The Oskil or Oskol (; ) is a south-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. It arises roughly between Kursk and Voronezh and flows south to join the Siverskyi Donets which flows southeast to join the Don. It is long, with a drainage basin of .
Key facts
- River.name
- Oskil
- River.image
- Oskil near Kruhliakivka.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Oskil near Kruhliakivka
- River.map
- Seversky Donets oskil.png
- River.map_caption
- Donets river basin. The Oskil (red) is the northernmost large tributary
- River.mapframe
- yes
- River.mapframe zoom
- 5
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Russia, Ukraine
- River.mouth
- Donets
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Oskol river.JPG
- Length
- 472
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- Commons category
- Oskol River
- watershed area
- 14800
- discharge
- 44.2
- OpenStreetMap zoom level
- 7
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- History
- Russo-Ukrainian war
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The Oskil or Oskol (; ) is a south-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. It arises roughly between Kursk and Voronezh and flows south to join the Siverskyi Donets which flows southeast to join the Don. It is long, with a drainage basin of .
The river has its sources on the Central Russian Upland, and flows through Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts in Russia, and through the eastern part of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine, where it joins the Seversky Donets river. An artificial lake, the Oskil Reservoir, was created in 1958 to help with flood protection and as a source of electricity.
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