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The Psel (Russian: Псёл, translit. Psyol; Ukrainian: Псeл, Псьол, Псло, translit. Psel, Ps'ol, Pslo) is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.

Psel, Psyol
The Psel near Ivnya
Psel River
Location
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Oblast
Russia
Kursk Oblast
Belgorod Oblast
Ukraine
Sumy Oblast
Poltava Oblast
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationUpstream of Prigorki, Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
  coordinates51°07′58″N 36°44′52″E
  elevation247 m (810 ft)
MouthDnieper
  location
Downstream of Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
  coordinates
49°01′16″N 33°32′03″E
Length717 km (446 mi)
Basin size22,800 km2 (8,800 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionDnieperDnieper–Bug estuaryBlack Sea
Tributaries 
  leftPena, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva
  rightSudzha, Hrun, Khorol

The Psel has a length of 717 kilometres (446 mi) and a drainage basin of 22,800 square kilometres (8,800 sq mi).[1][2] The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.[1]


Tributaries


The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):

Left: Ilyok, Pena, Udava, Rybytsia, Sinna, Syrovatka, Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka, Budylka, Bobrava, Borovenka, Vepryk, Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa, Bakai, Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka

Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk


Settlements


Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of the Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadyach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.


Russia



Ukraine



Flora and fauna


The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.

In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch.


Reference


  1. Псёл, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-04.



На других языках


[de] Psel

Der Psel (ukrainisch Псел, Псьол; russisch Псёл/Psjol) ist ein linker Nebenfluss des Dnepr mit einer Länge von 717 km und einem Einzugsgebiet von 22.800 km². Er entspringt in den südöstlichen Ausläufern des Mittelrussischen Landrückens auf russischem Territorium. Von dort fließt er im Oberlauf zunächst in westlicher Richtung. Im Mittellauf verändert er unterhalb der Stadt Sumy seine Fließrichtung nach Südwesten, wobei er sich tief in das Poltawa-Plateau einschneidet. Er mündet in der Oblast Poltawa westlich der Stadt Horischni Plawni in den zum Kamjansker Stausee aufgestauten Dnepr. Wichtige Nebenflüsse sind Chorol und Howtwa.
- [en] Psel (river)

[it] Psel

Lo Psel (ucr.: Псeл; russo: Псёл) è un fiume dell'Ucraina affluente di sinistra del Dnepr che scorre attraverso la Russia e l'Ucraina. È lungo 717 km ed ha un bacino idrografico di 22.800 km². La riva destra è alta e ripida, a differenza della sinistra è più bassa. Il fiume è ghiacciato in media dalla fine di novembre fino alla metà di marzo.

[ru] Псёл

Псёл (укр. Псьол, Псел, Псло) — река, протекающая по территории России и Украины, левый приток Днепра (бассейн Чёрного моря).



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