Dnipro River

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Russian drone strikes damaged key bridges across the Dnipro River in Kyiv recently.

About Dnipro River

• The Dnipro (Dnieper) River is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe.
• It is the fourth-longest river in Europe (after the Volga, the Danube, and the Ural). 
• Located in Eastern Europe, the Dnipro River and its many tributaries drain much of Belarus and Ukraine.
• It is the longest river in Ukraine. 
• Historically, the river was an important barrier dividing Ukraine into right and left banks. 
• Course:
  • It originates in Russia, in the low Valday Hills, 240 km west of Moscow.
  • It flows in a generally southerly direction through western Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the Black Sea.   
  • Its mouth, called Dnieper Liman, is a swampy delta on a long inlet of the Black Sea. 
  • It runs a total length of 1,368 miles. Approximately 300 miles of the waterway is located in Russia, 430 miles are in Belarus, and 680 miles are within Ukraine. 
• It passes through numerous urban centers such as the Russian cities of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, as well as Mogilev in Belarus and Kiev, Cherkasy, Dnipro, and Zaporizhia in Ukraine.
• It is a typical river of the plains, sloping gently and flowing slowly. The water level varies considerably, and the riverbed is unstable. 
• It is an important navigable waterway for the economy of Ukraine and is connected by the Dnieper–Bug Canal to other waterways in Europe. 
• Tributaries: It has as many as 32,000 tributaries, including the Sozh, Desna, Trubizh, Bilozerka, Drut, Berezina, and Prypiat Rivers.

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