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Key facts
- Native name
- Псел ( Ukrainian )
- Country
- Russia , Ukraine
- Oblast
- Russia Kursk Oblast Belgorod Oblast Ukraine Sumy Oblast Poltava Oblast
- Location
- Upstream of Prigorki , Prokhorovsky District , Belgorod Oblast , Russia
- Coordinates
- 51°07′58″N 36°44′52″E / 51.13278°N 36.74778°E / 51.13278; 36.74778
- Elevation
- 247 m (810 ft)
- Mouth
- Dnieper
- Length
- 717 km (446 mi)
- Basin size
- 22,800 km (8,800 sq mi)
- Progression
- Dnieper → Dnieper–Bug estuary → Black Sea
- Left
- Pena , Hrun-Tashan , Hovtva
- Right
- Sudzha , Hrun , Khorol
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Ukraine
- Located in
- Poltava Oblast
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Psel.jpg
- Length
- 717
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- Commons category
- Psel (river)
- drainage basin
- Dnieper basin
- mouth of the watercourse
- Dnieper
- watershed area
- 22800
- discharge
- 55
- origin of the watercourse
- Central Russian Upland
- basin country
- Russia
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Psel or Psyol (Ukrainian: Псел; Russian: Псёл) is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.
The Psel has a length of 717 kilometres (446 mi) and a drainage basin of 22,800 square kilometres (8,800 sq mi). The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Psel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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