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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Instance of: river
Part of: Unified Deep Water System of European Russia
Country: Russia
Located in: Volgograd Oblast
Continent: Europe
Image: Don (Voronezh Oblast).jpg
Length: 1870

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tributary: Temernik River
Commons category: Don River
mouth of the watercourse: Sea of Azov
category for the water basin: Category:Don basin
topic's main category: Category:Don River
watershed area: 422000
lake on watercourse: Tsimlyansk Reservoir
origin of the watercourse: Central Russian Upland
discharge: 935
native label: Дон
basin country: Russia
different from: Don
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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.

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