The Berezan is a Ukrainian river flowing into the

Berezan Estuary The Berezan Estuary, or Berezanskyi Liman (, ), is an open estuary on the northern coast of the Black Sea, western from the town Ochakiv. In length of 26 km, and 4 km-wide in south, it is separated from the sea by sandbar, which has a 6 ...

of the

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. The river is 49 km long, and the catchment area is 890 km². Slope 1.5 m / km. The

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al river valley is 2 km wide. The channel is meandering, in the upper reaches 5 m wide, 1.2–1.5 m deep. In the summer it partially dries up. It is used for

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. The river originates from the village of

Stepove Stepove () is a Ukrainian toponym and the name of several settlements in Ukraine. It is an adjective form of the word ''step'', which means steppe. It is etymologically related to the Russian-language toponym Stepnoye. Crimea * Stepove, Saky Raion, ...

and flows through the territory of the

Voznesensk Voznesensk (, ) is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Voznesensk Raion within the oblast. It hosts the administration of the . The city has a population of History This city was founded in 1795 o ...

and

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

raions of

Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv. At the most recent estimate, the population ...

. In 1974, near the village of Yablonya, in the Berezan River basin, burial 11 of mound 11 was investigated, which belongs to the Sivashovka-type monuments of the 2nd half of the 7th century - early 8th century.

Etymology

Vladimir Nikonov (1904–1988) indicates that the name may be derived from the

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''berezant'', Scythian ''bresant'', which means high.Yanko M.T. - K .: Znannya, 1998. - P. 39

History

In ancient times, the river was in

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and was named Sagaris. The Beresan District of Black Sea German colonists was located on the Berezan in the 19th century, when the area was known as South Russia. From 1809 to 1820, eleven German-Russian "mother colonies" were founded in the Beresan Valley: seven Catholic (

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, Katharinental,

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, Rastadt,

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, and Sulz) and four Lutheran ( Johannestal,

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, Waterloo, and

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German foundations on the Beresan
{{Authority control Tributaries of the Black Sea Rivers of Mykolaiv Oblast

Etymology

History

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