The Vorskla ( Russian : Ворскла ; Ukrainian : Ворскла ) is a river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine , where it joins the Dnieper .
11-642: The river's source is on the western slopes of the Central Russian Upland north of Belgorod . Within Ukraine it flows through the Dnieper Lowland , passing through Sumy Oblast , and then crossing Poltava Oblast . It has a length of 464 kilometres (288 mi), and a basin area of 14,700 square kilometres (5,700 sq mi). The river is the 15th longest in Ukraine stretching for 348 kilometres (216 mi). Right tributaries of
22-470: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Southern Russia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Russia Central Russia is, broadly, the various areas in European Russia . Historically, the area of Central Russia varied based on the purpose for which it is being used. It may, for example, refer to European Russia (except
33-634: Is on the Vorskla south of Okhtyrka. In 1399, the Battle of the Vorskla River was fought in the area. In 1709, the city of Poltava was besieged by Charles XII . In the river there are more than 50 species of fish, most of which are carps and pikes, breams, rudds, roaches, minnows, catfish. Fauna is represented by hares, foxes, in the woods you can meet roe deer and wild boar, a great variety of birds: wild duck, gray heron, partridge, pheasant. Along
44-485: The North Caucasus and Kaliningrad ). The 1967 book by Stephen P. Dunn and Ethel Dunn The Peasants of Central Russia defines the area as the territory from Novgorod Oblast to the north to the border with Ukraine in the south and from Smolensk Oblast to the west and Volga to the east. A review of the book clarifies that this concept is treated in the book as the historical and ethnographical one: this
55-824: The European portion of the Russian Federation . Its north and northwest borders are considered to be the Oka River and an imaginary line Kaluga - Ryazan . To the southeast towards the Donets River , the upland changes into the Donets Lowland . To the east its natural border is defined by the Oka–Don Lowland and to the west there is the Dnieper Lowland . Most of the upland lies within the borders of Russia , hence its name. The Kostroma river and
66-713: The Voronezh Massif is covered with thin layers of sedimentary deposits of the Devonian , Jurassic , Cretaceous , and Paleogene periods . In the southeast along the Don River between the cities of Boguchar and Pavlovsk (both in Voronezh Oblast ) the crystalline layers come to the surface. On all sides of the upland the Precambrian deposits descend far below the sedimentary layers. A small part of
77-533: The banks of the river there are large wooded areas, as coniferous (mostly on the left bank) and deciduous forests. Central Russian Upland The Central Russian Upland (also Middle Russian Upland and East European Upland ) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of 230–250 m (750–820 ft). Its highest peak is measured at 293 m (961 ft). The southeastern portion of
88-829: The city of the same name suggest that the area in Central Russia is an important reference point for the original home of the Slavic tribes . The river and city bear the same name as the Slavic goddess Kostroma . The Voronezh Massif is part of the East European Craton and southwesterly descends towards the Dnieper-Donets Through (Depression) which along with Prypiat Through forms the Prypiat-Dniper-Donets aulacogen . Most of
99-475: The river include the Vorsklytsia and Boromlia [ ru ] , and left tributaries Merla [ ru ] , Kolomak [ ru ] and Tahamlyk [ ru ] . Cities on the river are Grayvoron , Okhtyrka , Poltava (the capital of Poltava Oblast ), and Kobeliaky . The river is mostly navigable between its delta and Kobeliaky. An ancient fort, thought to be Gelonos ,
110-524: The upland in the northwest was covered with a glacier during the Wolstonian Stage . Today almost all of the upland is covered with loess and loessial loams . 52°36′N 36°48′E / 52.600°N 36.800°E / 52.600; 36.800 This Central Russia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in Ukraine
121-561: The upland known as the Kalach Upland [ ru ] . The Central Upland is built of Precambrian deposits of the crystalline Voronezh Massif . It spans approximately 180,000 miles² (480,000 km ) in central and southern European Russia northeast of Ukraine , extending from the Oka river to the Donets river . The upland stretches across a number of regions in Ukraine and
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