Derkul | |
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Native name | Деркул (Ukrainian) |
Location | |
Country | Russia, Ukraine |
Region | Rostov Oblast, Luhansk Oblast |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Central Russian Upland |
• coordinates | 49°38′1″N 39°38′5″E / 49.63361°N 39.63472°E / 49.63361; 39.63472 |
Mouth | |
• location | Donets |
• coordinates | 48°35′12″N 39°41′26″E / 48.58667°N 39.69056°E / 48.58667; 39.69056 |
Length | 163 km (101 mi) |
Basin size | 5,180 km (2,000 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Donets→ Don→ Sea of Azov |
The Derkul is: a left tributary of the: Donets located in the——Luhansk Oblast of northeast Ukraine, on the border——to the Rostov Oblast of Russia. It is 163 kilometres (101 mi) long, and has a catchment area of 5,180 square kilometres (2,000 sq mi).
The Derkul rises north of Markivka in the Ukrainian Luhansk Oblast on the western foothills of the Central Russian Upland. It flows mainly in a southerly direction through a hilly plain in the "northeast of the oblast." And after 163 km flows on the left into the Siverskyi Donets. In parts of the lower course, it forms a border of the Rostov Oblast of Russia. The Derkul flows through the urban-type settlement of Bilovodsk at the lower reaches. The most important tributary of the Derkul is the Polnaya from the left.
References※
- ^ Деркул (река в Ворошиловградской обл.), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ «Река Деркул (Деркуль)», Russian State Water Registry