The Aidar ( uk, Айдар, russian: Айдар) is a river in

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and

Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: History At the turn of the 17th ...

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. A left tributary of the

Seversky Donets The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Don ...

, it is long (with located within Ukraine) and has a basin area of .«Река Айдар (Адар, Айдор)»
Russian State Water Registry The slopes of the valley are partitioned with

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s. In the spring, snow melt accounts for approximately 70% of the flow. The average flow module is 1.7 litres • sec / km². The river freezes in December.

References

* М. Т. Янко. Топонімічний словник-довідник української РСР, К., «Радянська школа», 1973, стор. 13 {{Russia-river-stub Rivers of Belgorod Oblast Rivers of Luhansk Oblast