List of longest rivers of Ukraine

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Hydrographic zoning in Ukraine

Ukraine has around 23,000 rivers, with most of the rivers draining into the Black Sea and Azov Sea and belonging to the larger Mediterranean basin. Those rivers mostly flow in a southerly direction, except for the Pripyat tributaries in Volhynia and Dniester tributaries in Prykarpattia. A few western Ukraine rivers drain to the north west through Poland to the Baltic Sea, as part of the Western Bug drainage basin. The most notable rivers of Ukraine include the Dnieper, Dniester, Southern Buh, and Siverskyi Donets. The longest river is the Dnieper, the longest tributary is the Dnieper's tributary Desna. Two of the Danube's tributaries in Ukraine, the Prut and the Tysa, are longer than the main river within Ukraine.

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A NASA satellite image of the Dnieper and its tributaries. Dnieper Nasa 2004-05-06.jpg
A NASA satellite image of the Dnieper and its tributaries.

In 2013, in accordance with the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the territory of Ukraine has been divided into nine hydrographic zones  [ uk ] [1] according to major river basins, including the basins of the Vistula (Western Bug and San), Danube, Dniester, Southern Bug, Dnieper, Don, the rivers of the Black Sea littoral, the Sea of Azov littoral, and separately the rivers of Crimea. The biggest river basin by area is the Dnieper which is subdivided into the Pripyat basin, Desna basin, basin of Middle Dnieper, basin of Lower Dnieper. Beside Dnieper, basin of the Danube zoning is also subdivided into basin of Tysa, basin of Prut and Siret, and basin of the Lower Danube.

List of major rivers in Ukraine

Listed are rivers over 150 km (93 mi) long. Length is in kilometers.

NameName
(Cyrillic)		Length
(in Ukraine, including borders)		Length
(total)		Drainage areaBasin
Dnieper Дніпро9812201291,400 Dnieper-Bug Estuary
Southern Bug Південний Буг80680663,700Dnieper-Bug Estuary
Dniester Дністер705136272,100 Black Sea
Siverskyi Donets Сіверський Донець672105398,900 Don
Desna Десна591113088,900 Dnieper
Horyn Горинь577 [2] 659 [2] 27,010 [2] Pripyat
Inhulets Інгулець54954914,870Dnieper
Psel Псел52671722,800Dnieper
Sluch Случ45145113,800 Horyn
Styr Стир44549413,100Pripyat
Western Bug Західний Буг40183173,500 Narew [Narva]
Teteriv Тетерів38538515,300Dnieper
Sula Сула36536519,600Dnieper
Inhul Інгул3543549,890 Southern Bug
Vorskla Ворскла34846414,700Dnieper
Ros Рось34634612,600Dnieper
Oril Оріль346 [3] 346 [3] 9,800 [3] Dnieper
Udai Удай327 [3] 327 [3] 7,030 [3] Sula
Vovcha Вовча323 [3] 323 [3] 13,300 [3] Samara
Samara Самара32032022,600Dnieper
Khorol Хорол308 [3] 308 [3] 3,870 [3] Psel
Prut Прут27296727,500 Danube
Pripyat Прип'ять261761121,000Dnieper
Uzh Уж256 [3] 256 [3] 8,080 [3] Pripyat
Zbruch Збруч2442443,400 Dniester
Seret Серет2422423,900 [4] Dniester
Stryi Стрий2322323,060 [5] Dniester
Seim Сейм222 [6] 748 [6] 27,500 Desna
Aidar Айдар213 [7] 264 [7] 7,420 Siverskyi Donets
Kalmius Кальміус209 [3] 209 [3] 5,070 [3] Sea of Azov
Salhir Салгир204 [8] 204 [8] 3,750 [8] Syvash
Tysa Тиса20196611,300 [3] Danube
Vysun Висунь201 [3] 201 [3] 2,670 [3] Inhulets
Oster Остер199 [3] 201 [3] 2,950 [3] Desna
Luhan Лугань198 [3] 198 [3] 3,740 [3] Siverskyi Donets
Molochna Молочна197 [3] 197 [3] 3,450 [3] Sea of Azov
Snov Снов190 [3] 253 [3] Desna
Stokhid Стохід188 [3] 188 [3] 3,150 [3] Pripyat
Turija Турія184 [3] 184 [3] 2,800 [3] Pripyat
Oskil Оскiл177 [3] 472 [3] Siverskyi Donets
Danube Дунай174 [3] 2900 [3] Black Sea
Ubort Уборть171 [3] 292 [3] Pripyat
Krynka Кринка170 [3] 180 [3] Mius River
Smotrych Смотрич168 [3] 168 [3] 1,800 [3] Dniester
Hirsky Tikych Гірський Тікич167 [3] 167 [3] 3,510 [3] Hnylyi Tikych
Velyka Vys Велика Вись166 [3] 166 [3] 2,860 [3] Synyukha
Murafa Мурафа163 [3] 163 [3] 2,410 [3] Dniester
Irpin Ірпінь162 [3] 162 [3] 3,340 [3] Dnieper
Tiasmyn Тясмин160 [3] 160 [3] 4,540 [3] Dnieper
Bazavluk Базавлук157 [3] 157 [3] 4,200 [3] Dnieper
Hnylyi Tikych Гнилий Тікич157 [3] 157 [3] 3,150 [3] Synyukha
Ikva Іква156 [3] 156 [3] 2,250 [3] Styr
Chychyklia Чичиклія156 [3] 156 [3] 2,120 [3] Southern Bug
Tylihul Тилігул154 [3] 154 [3] 3,300 [3] Black Sea
Derkul Деркул153 [3] 163 [3] Siverskyi Donets
Velykyi Kuialnyk Великий Куяльник150 [3] 150 [3] 1,860 [3] Black Sea
Stvyha Ствига66 [3] 178 [3] 5,440 [3] Pripyat
Black Sea basin
Sea of Azov basin
Baltic Sea basin

Trivia

The most water in Ukraine is carried by Dnieper. Its annual drainage volume is 52.42 km3 (12.58 cu mi). The only other river that has higher drainage volume is the Danube which running through Central Europe within Ukraine stretches only for 174 km (108 mi). The average annual drainage of the Danube is around 123 km3 (30 cu mi).

The deepest river of Ukraine is Dniester. In its mid stream between Pyzhniv village and Mohyliv-Podilsky through the Dniester canyon (Podillia Upland) the river narrows to 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in width and deepens up to 10 m (33 ft).

The biggest water amount among distributaries is carried by the Chilia branch.

The biggest river delta in Ukraine belongs to Dnieper and has area of 350 km2 (140 sq mi), while the Danube Delta within Ukraine is only 120 km2 (46 sq mi).

See also

References

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