The Saksahan is a river in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, in the southeastern part of the
Dnieper Upland
The Dnieper Upland or Cisdnieper Upland ( uk, Придніпровська височина, translit=Prydniprovska vysochyna) is a southeastern European plain occupying the territory between the Dnieper and the Southern Bug. It lies in central Uk ...
. It is a left tributary of the
Inhulets
The Inhulets () is a river, a right tributary of the Dnieper, that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of 557 km and a drainage basin of 14,460 km².
The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the we ...
(
Dnieper basin), joining the Inhulets in the city of
Kryvyi Rih.
The name is derived, according to some sources, from the
Turkic word ''Saxagan'' (
magpie).
The source of the river, in the modern territorial division, located by the village of
Malooleksandrivka,
Verkhnodniprovsk Raion, situated at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level. The river (river basin) is 144 km long (according to other sources, it has a total length of 130 kilometers). The width of the river bed is an average of 5–15 meters, plёsah places expands to 20–40 (29 to 40) meters (watershed line - 250 km).
Rivers of Kryvyi Rih
Rivers of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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