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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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 |
Rivers of Ukraine by tributary or drainage basin | |
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Black Sea | |
Bug | |
Danube | |
Dnieper (Rapids) | |
Dniester | |
Don | |
Prypiat | |
San | |
Sea of Azov | |
Southern Bug | |
Syvash |
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