River mouth Lopan River Length 71 km Source Belgorod Oblast Country Ukraine Cities Kharkiv | Basin size 1,160 km (450 sq mi) Source elevation 160 m Mouth Lopan River Bridges Kharkiv Metro Bridge | |
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Main source Belgorod Oblast, Russia
160 m (520 ft) Discharge Average rate:
2.62 m/s (93 cu ft/s) | ||
Kharkiv or Kharkov (Ukrainian: Ха́рків, Russian: Харьков) is a river in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, a left tributary of the Lopan River. It originates from the town of Oktyabrsky in Belgorod Oblast, Russia and it falls into Lopan River in the city of Kharkiv.
Map of Kharkiv river, Kharkivska, Ukraine
The Kharkiv River may have given the city of Kharkiv its name. The river is also known as a place for people who enjoy cold-water swimming known as morzhei or "walruses" to swim.
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