Mokri Yaly

Coordinates: 48°3′54″N 36°44′19″E / 48.06500°N 36.73861°E / 48.06500; 36.73861
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Mokri Yaly
The river near Staromlynivka
Location
CountryUkraine
CitiesVolnovakha, Velyka Novosilka
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAzov Upland
 • coordinates47°12′37″N 37°27′3″E / 47.21028°N 37.45083°E / 47.21028; 37.45083
 • elevation205 m (673 ft)
MouthVovcha
 • location
Donetsk Oblast
 • coordinates
48°3′54″N 36°44′19″E / 48.06500°N 36.73861°E / 48.06500; 36.73861
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length147 km (91 mi)[1]
Basin size2,660 km2 (1,030 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftKobylna, Sukhi Yaly, Tonka
 • rightShaitanka, Kashlahach

The Mokri Yaly (Ukrainian: Мокрі Яли; Russian: Мокрые Ялы) is a river in western Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. From its headwaters in Volnovakha, it flows roughly west and northwest to its confluence with the Vovcha river, which forms part of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast boundary.

Etymology

The name of the river roughly translates to 'wet shores', combining Ukrainian mokri 'wet' (plural) and Urum yaly 'shore'.[citation needed] Compare the names of the small tributary Sukha Yala 'dry shore' (feminine singular) and the sister tributary of the Vovcha Sukhi Yaly 'dry shores'. The river was known as Elkuvaty in older chronicles.[2]

Geography

Mokri Yaly river in fog

The river is 147 km long. Beginning near

Shaitanka and Kashlahach [uk] rivers join it, while smaller rivers like the Sukhа Yalа (or Balka Sukhi Yaly) and Kobylna join it elsewhere.[3] The Mokri Yaly enters the Vovcha river near the border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. A dam near the village of Staromlynivka
creates a reservoir used for irrigation and water supply.

History

The river served as an important defensive line for German forces during World War II, where fortifications along the river formed part of the wider Mius-Front in which the Germans conducted a fighting withdrawal from the Soviet Union after the failure of Operation Barbarossa. After three days of heavy fighting,[4] the Soviets crossed the river on 12 September 1943.[5]

The river saw battle again during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military pushed Russian forces away from Velyka Novosilka and captured various villages along the river's banks. The Ukrainian military accused Russian forces of destroying the dam next to the village of Kliuchove near Staromlynivka to slow the Ukrainian forces' advance.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ecological Database of the Dnieper Basin". Dnipro Ecobase (in Russian). 2003. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ Lomako, Nikolai. "About the Donetsk rivers on the Kalmius road". Papacoma Narod (in Russian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4
    .
  4. ^ Tarasov, German (22 November 1943). "A brief summary of generalized conclusions from the experience of the combat operations of the troops of the Southern Front for September 1943" (in Russian). Combat Journal of the 4th Ukrainian Front. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. ^ Antonov, Vladimir (1975). Road to Berlin Chapter two: Offensive in southern Ukraine, Forward to the Dnieper (in Russian). Nauka.
  6. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  7. Wikidata Q119400109. Archived
    from the original on 12 June 2023.


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