Chorna (river)

Coordinates: 44°28′N 33°51′E / 44.467°N 33.850°E / 44.467; 33.850
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The mouth of the Chorna river at Inkerman

The Chorna, Chyornaya[a] or Chorhun (Ukrainian: Чорна, Chorna, Russian: Чёрная, Chyornaya, Crimean Tatar: Çorğuna), which translates from the Ukrainian and Russian as "Black River", is a small river in southern Crimea. It is 34.5 km long.

The Chorna River begins in the

Bay of Sevastopol
, on the southwest coast of the Crimean peninsula.

Inkerman was a key location during the Crimean War of 1853–1856 and the Chorna lends its name to the Battle of Chernaya (Chyornaya) River of 1855.

Notes

  1. ^ Also romanised as Chernaya

References

44°28′N 33°51′E / 44.467°N 33.850°E / 44.467; 33.850