Zbruch
Zbruch | |
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Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Shchasnivka, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast |
• coordinates | 49°43′42″N 26°09′57″E / 49.7283°N 26.1658°E |
Mouth | Dniester |
• coordinates | 48°32′21″N 26°26′34″E / 48.5391°N 26.4427°E |
Length | 244 km (152 mi) |
Basin size | 3,395 km2 (1,311 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dniester→ Dniester Estuary→ Black Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bovvanets, Hrabarka |
• right | Hnyla |
The Zbruch (
It flows within the
Upon the river are situated a couple of small Hydro Electric Stations (Bodnariv's and Martynkiv's), while along the river are some 140 ponds. The river serves as a natural border between
The Zbruch had international significance following the
- Sites along the river
- Medobory Nature Preserve (near towns of Husyatyn and Hrymailiv)
- National Nature Park "Podilski Tovtry"
- Monochynsk Zakaznik
- Kudryntsi Castle
- Chornokozyntsi Castle
- crossing between the towns of Pidvolochysk and Volochysk, forming historically a major border checkpoint between the Austrian crown and the Russian Empire
- town of Zbruch idoldiscovery
- Skala-Podilska Castle and park (a state architectural monument)
Characteristics
It is 247 km in length and its drainage basin is 3,330 km2.[1] The average depth is 1.5–2 m. The width of the river is 8–11 m, the depth of the plains is 2.5–4 m. The channel has numerous meanders, there are borderlines, many islands and elders. The slope of the river is 0.8 m / km, the cross-sectional area is 22 m ², the flow rate is 0.57 m / s, the water flow is 15.54 m³ / sec.
- Main tributaries
- Samchyk, Samets', Hnyla, Vilkhovyi Potik (right)
- Hrabarka, Bovvanets', Shandrova, Potik Kizya (left)
Geomorphology
In the upper reaches of the valley is small, its slopes are flattened, plowed. In the middle reaches, the valley is V-shaped (canyon-shaped), width 0.5-1.6 km, slopes steep, dissected by ravines and beams. Floodplain up to 80–100 m, sometimes absent, in the upper reaches up to 1-1,2 km, swampy; Belts narrow down to 80–120 m or less.
References
- ^ a b Збруч, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Fenby, Jonathan (2010). The General: Charles De Gaulle and the France He Saved. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1847373922. Retrieved 19 November 2017, 71–74
External links
- (in Polish) Zbrucz in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1895)
- (in Ukrainian) Kundys,M. Zbruch - a river of unity. "Nove zhyttya". June 10, 1989 (website of "Podilski Tovtry" National Park