Psel (river)
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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.
Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):
Left: Ilyok, Pena[ru], Udava[ru], Rybytsia[ru], Sinna, Syrovatka[ru], Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka, Budylka, Bobrava, Borovenka, Vepryk[uk], Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa, Bakai[uk], Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka
Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk
Settlements
Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadiach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
Russia
- Belgorod Oblast Prokhorovsky District Prigorki, Verkhnyaya Olshanka, Srednyaya Olshanka, Bugrovka, Beregovoye Vtoroye, Prelestnoye, Andreyevka, Vasilyevka, Yudinka, Kostroma, Vesyoly Ivnyansky District Olkhovatka, Cherenovo, Peschanoye, Samarino
- Kursk Oblast Oboyansky District Peresyp, Semyonovka, Shipy, Znobilovka Kamynino, Goryaynovo, Afanasyevo, Oboyan, Trubezh, Anakhino, Lunino, Turovka, Gremyachka, Kartamyshevo, Shmyrevo Belovsky District Kurochino, Kursk Oblast, Gochevo, Strigosly, Bobrava, Loshakovka, Korochka, Peschanoye, Sukhodol, Giryi, Belitsa, Kursk Sudzhansky District Spalnoye, Borki, Fanseyevka, Kurilovka, Guyevo, Gornal
Ukraine
- Sumy Oblast Zapsillya, Myropyllia, Velyka Rybytsya, Hrunivka, Bytytsya, Pushkarivka, Velyka Chernechchyna, Zelenyi Hai, Homyne, Sumy, Barvinkove, Stare Selo, Patriotivka, Kerdylivshchyna, Staronove, Byshkin, Tokari, Kulyky, Kurgan, Chervlene, Prystailove, Bobrove[uk], Kamyane
- Poltava Oblast Myrhorod Raion Plishyvets, Duchyntsi, Brovarki, Hadiach, Velbyvka, Mali Budyshcha, Sosnivka, Rashivka, Lysivka, Mlyny, Pereviz, Mala Obukhivka, Velyka Obukhivka, Panasivka, Savyntsi, Velyki Sorochintsy, Malyi Pereviz, Pokrovske, Baranivka, Velykyi Pereviz, Shyshaky, Yaresky, Nyzhni Yaresky, Psilske, Velyka Bahachka, Harnokut, Luhove, Dzyubivshchyna, Krasnohorivka, Herusivka, Balakliya, Kolosivka, Poltava Raion Ostapye, Zapsillya, Pidhirya, Suhorabivka Kremenchuk Raion Popivka, Zamozhne, Manzheliya, Lamane, Plavni, Prylipka, Kyselivka, Hovtva, Zahrebellya, Yurky, Nyzhnya Manuilivka, Pisky, Knyshivka, Hunky[uk], Zapsyllya, Omelnyk, Fedorenky, Kramarenky, Romanky, Onyshenky, Shcherbaky, Potoky, Pridnipryanske, Kuzmenky, Kyyashky, Dmytrivka[uk]
Flora and fauna
The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer, wild boar, and beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck and gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, predominantly consisting of deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.
In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, and others. There are also catfish, pike, and perch.