Khortytsia
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Khortytsia (, ) is the largest island on the Dnieper River, and is long and up to wide. The island forms part of the Khortytsia National Reserve. This historic site is located within the city limits of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Khortytsia
- Islands.map
- Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Oblast#Ukraine
- Islands.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Islands.native_name
- Хортиця
- Islands.native_name_lang
- uk
- Islands.location
- Dnieper River
- Islands.area_km2
- 23.59
- Islands.length_km
- 12.5
- Islands.width_km
- 2.5
- Islands.highest_mount
- N/A
- Islands.elevation_m
- 30
- Islands.country
- Ukraine
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Oblast
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- City
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Zaporizhzhia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- District
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Voznesenivskyi District
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography and location
- History
- Earliest references
- Cossack era
- Modern times
- National Reserve
- Historic Cultural Complex Zaporizhian Sich
- Historic settlement Protolche
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Khortytsia (, ) is the largest island on the Dnieper River, and is long and up to wide. The island forms part of the Khortytsia National Reserve. This historic site is located within the city limits of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
The island has played an important role in the history of Ukraine, especially in the history of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The island has unique flora and fauna, including oak groves, spruce woods, meadows, and steppe. The northern part of the island is very rocky and high (rising above the river bed) in comparison to the southern part, which is low, and often flooded by the waters of the Dnieper.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khortytsia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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