Don

Also known as Don River, River Don, Tanais, Tanaïs

Russian river, fifth-longest river in Europe

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The Don is a major river in Russia, ranking as the fifth-longest river in Europe. It is an important waterway for the region's geography, transportation, and economy.

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Image: Don (Voronezh Oblast).jpg
Length: 1870

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Commons category: Don River
watershed area: 422000
discharge: 935
native label: Дон
P12749: Campanula carpatica

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The Don (Russian: Дон) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire.

Its basin is between the Dnieper basin to the west, the lower Volga basin immediately to the east, and the Oka basin (tributary of the Volga) to the north. Native to much of the basin were Slavic nomads.