The Derkul is a left

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the

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located in the

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of northeast

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, on the border to the

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblastʹ, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast ...

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.Деркул (река в Ворошиловградской обл.)

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It is long, and has a

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of .«Река Деркул (Деркуль)»
Russian State Water Registry The Derkul rises north of

Markivka Markivka (; ) is a rural settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in the east of Ukraine with the population about . Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Markivka Raion. Demographics As of the 2001 Ukrainia ...

in the Ukrainian

on the western foothills of the

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. It flows mainly in a southerly direction through a hilly plain in the northeast of the oblast and after 163 km flows on the left into the Siverskyi Donets. In parts of the lower course, it forms a border of the

of Russia. The Derkul flows through the

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Bilovodsk Bilovodsk () is a rural settlementin the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in the east of Ukraine on the banks of the Derkul river. It has an estimated population of Geography Bilovodsk is located on the Derkul river, a left tributary of the ...

at the lower reaches. The most important tributary of the Derkul is the

Polnaya Polnaya (, ) is a river in the Rostov Oblast of Russia and the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, the left and largest tributary of Derkul. It is long, and has a drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water c ...

from the left.

References

{{Authority control Rivers of Luhansk Oblast Rivers of Rostov Oblast