The Hirskyi Tikych () is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

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, 167 km in length, a

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of the

Tikych The Tikych () is a short river in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, only long. It is formed by the confluence of the Hnyly Tikych and Hirsky Tikych rivers. The Tikych flows to its confluence with the Velyka Vys at Skaleva (Holovanivsk Raion), forming the ...

, in the basin of

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. The Hirskyi Tikych river finds its source near the village of Frontivka in

Orativ Raion Orativ Raion () was one of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast, located in southwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion was the urban-type settlement of Orativ. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Vinnytsia Raion on 18 ...

Vinnytsia Oblast Vinnytsia Oblast (, ), also referred to as Vinnychchyna (), is an oblasts of Ukraine, oblast in central Ukraine. Its capital city, administrative center is Vinnytsia. The oblast has a population of History Vinnytsia Oblast, first established on ...

. It joins the 157 km long Hnylyi Tikych to form the Tikych, which soon joins the

Velyka Vys The Velyka Vys () is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the Syniukha, in the basin of the Southern Bug. It is long and its basin area is .Syniukha The Syniukha () is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the Southern Bug, the basin of Black Sea. Its name means blue or of blue shade. It is long with a basin area.

river, which flows 110 km to join the

Southern Bug The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh (; ; ; or just ), and sometimes Boh River (; ),

References

* Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989. Rivers of Vinnytsia Oblast Rivers of Cherkasy Oblast {{Ukraine-river-stub