The Luhan or Lugan (Ukrainian: Лугань, romanized: Luhan, Russian: Лугань, romanized: Lugan; also known as Luhanka or Luganka, Cyrillic: Луганка) is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary of the Seversky Donets, in the basin of the Don. It is 198 kilometres (123 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 3,740 square kilometres (1,440 sq mi).[1] It has given its name to the city of Luhansk, which stands where the river Ol'khovka [ru] flows into the Luhan. The Luhan river rises in the eastern part of Horlivka in Donetsk Oblast.
| Luhan | |
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Luhan near Kamyany Brid | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Horlivka |
| Mouth | Donets |
• coordinates | 48°37′42″N 39°28′15″E |
| Length | 198 km (123 mi) |
| Basin size | 3,740 km2 (1,440 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Donets→ Don→ Sea of Azov |
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| Black Sea | |
| Bug | |
| Danube | |
| Dnieper (Rapids) | |
| Dniester | |
| Don | |
| Prypiat | |
| San | |
| Sea of Azov | |
| Southern Bug | |
| Syvash |
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