Psel (river)

The Psel or Psyol (Russian: Псёл; Ukrainian: Псел)[lower-alpha 1] is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.

Psel
Psyol
The Psel near Ivnya
Psel River
Native nameПсёл (Russian)
Location
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Oblast
Russia
Kursk Oblast
Belgorod Oblast
Ukraine
Sumy Oblast
Poltava Oblast
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationUpstream of Prigorki, Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
 • coordinates51°07′58″N 36°44′52″E
 • elevation247 m (810 ft)
MouthDnieper
 • location
Downstream of Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
 • coordinates
49°01′16″N 33°32′03″E
Length717 km (446 mi)
Basin size22,800 km2 (8,800 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionDnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftPena, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva
 • rightSudzha, Hrun, Khorol

The Psel has a length of 717 kilometres (446 mi) and a drainage basin of 22,800 square kilometres (8,800 sq mi).[1][2] The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.[1]

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):

Left: Ilyok, Pena, Udava, Rybytsia, Sinna, Syrovatka, Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka, Budylka, Bobrava, Borovenka, Vepryk, Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa, Bakai, Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka

Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk

Settlements

Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadiach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

Russia

Ukraine
  • Sumy Oblast
    • Krasnopillia Raion
      • Zapsillya, Myropyllia, Velyka Rybytsya, Hrunivka
    • Sumy Raion
      • Bytytsya, Pushkarivka, Velika Chernechchyna, Zelenyi, Homyne, Sumy Rayon, Sumy, Barvinkove
    • Lebedyn Raion
      • Chervone, Nyzy, Patriotivka, Kerdylivshchyna, Staronove, Byshkin, Tokari, Kulyky, Kurgan, Chervlene, Prystailove, Bobrove, Kamyane
  • Poltava Oblast
    • Myrhorod Raion
      • Plishyvets, Duchyntsi, Brovarki, Hadiach, Velbyvka, Mali Budyshcha, Sosnivka, Rashivka, Lysivka, Mlyny, Pereviz, Mala Obukhivka, Velyka Obukhivka, Panasivka, Savyntsi, Velyki Sorochintsy
    • Shyshaky Raion
      • Malyi Pereviz, Pokrovske, Baranivka, Velykyi Pereviz, Shyshaky, Yaresky, Nyzhni Yaresky
    • Velyka Bahachka Raion
      • Psilske, Velyka Bahachka, Harnokut, Luhove, Dzyubivshchyna, Krasnohorivka, Herusivka, Balakliya, Kolosivka, Ostapye, Zapsillya, Pidhirya
    • Reshetylivka Raion
      • Sukhorabivka
    • Kremenchuk Raion
      • Popivka, Zamozhne, Manzheliya, Lamane
    • Kozelshchyna Raion
      • Plavni, Prylipka, Kyselivka, Hovtva, Zahrebellya, Yurky, Nyzhnya Manuilivka, Pisky, Knyshivka
    • Kremenchuk Raion
      • Hunky, Zapsyllya, Omelnyk, Fedorenky, Kramarenky, Romanky, Onyshenky, Shcherbaky, Potoky, Pridnipryanske, Kuzmenky, Kyyashky, Dmytrivka

Flora and fauna

The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.

In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch

Notes
  1. Also spelled as Ukrainian: Псьол, Псло, romanized: Psol, Pslo

References
  1. Псёл, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
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