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River mouth
  
Azov Sea (Mariupol)

Length
  
209 km

Source
  
Donetsk Oblast

Country
  
Ukraine

Basin size
  
5,070 km (1,960 sq mi)

Source elevation
  
223 m

Mouth
  
Sea of Azov

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Main source
  
Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

The Kalmius (Ukrainian: Кальміус) is one of two rivers flowing through the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The other river called the Kalchik flows into the Kalmius. The Kalmius flows into the Sea of Azov near the Azovstal steel manufacturing complex in Mariupol.

Map of Kalmius, Mariupol', Donetska, Ukraine

Kalmius was the name of a 16th-century Cossack encampment where the city of Mariupol was later founded.

The Kalmius Trail was a Tatar raiding trail, one of the branches of the Muravsky Trail.

After an offensive by the separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic in August 2014 during the War in Donbass, in southern Donetsk Oblast the river became the boundary between Donetsk People's Republic-controlled territory on the east bank of the river, and Ukrainian government-controlled territory on the west bank. A Donetsk People's Republic unit was named "Kalmius" Battalion.

References

Kalmius Wikipedia