The Inhulets () or Ingulets () is a river, a right

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

Dnieper The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...

, that flows through

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. It has a length of and a

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of . The Inhulets has its source in the

Dnieper Upland The Dnieper Upland or Cisdnieper Upland () is a southeastern European plain occupying the territory between the Dnieper and the Southern Bug. It lies in central Ukraine, occupying the oblasts of Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad a ...

in a ravine (balka) to the west of Topylo village, in the

Kropyvnytskyi Raion Kropyvnytskyi Raion is a raion (district) of Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Kropyvnytskyi (until July 2016 Kirovohrad). Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, ...

Kirovohrad Oblast Kirovohrad Oblast (), also known as Kirovohradshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (''province'') in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kropyvnytskyi. The oblast's population is It is ...

, about from the Dnieper river, to which it initially flows parallel. The Inhulets turns south, where it flows through Kryvbas Iron Ore Basin, and the

Kherson Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...

and

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 ...

s, before finally flowing into the Dnieper about east of the city of

. The river flows through southern spurs of the Dnieper Uplands and then across the Black Sea Lowland. The upper portion of the Inhulets basin is in the

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zone, the lower part within the

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. The river is dammed at the village of Iskrivka in

and about further downstream at the city of

Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih ( ; , ), also known as Krivoy Rog ( ), is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropo ...

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to form reservoirs. The lower one, the , provides the water supply for Kryvyi Rih and for irrigation. On 14 September 2022 the Ukrainian government said a Russian missile attack had broken the dam, causing flooding. The course of the river near Kryvyi Rih has created many small islands, which have a rich vegetation. However, by 2017 the vegetation was impaired by the high level of contamination of the river, due to the nearby iron ore mining industry. Urban localities located on the river include

Oleksandriia Oleksandriia (, ) is a city in Kirovohrad Oblast, central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion and . Oleksandriia is located within the Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area. In 2001, it had a population of 93,357, a ...

Shyroke Shyróke (; ) is a rural settlement in Kryvyi Rih Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shyroke settlement hromada, one of the hromadas (''communities'') of Ukraine. Population: Shyroke is located on th ...

Inhulets The Inhulets () or Ingulets () is a river, a right tributary of the Dnieper, that flows through Ukraine. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the west of Topylo ...

(former city merged with Kryvyi Rih), and

Snihurivka Snihurivka ( ) is a small city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of . Population: It was occupied by Russia from 19 March 2022 until 10 November 2022. History Snihurivka was a settlement in Kherson ...

. The M14 highway crosses the river over the Daryivka Bridge, connecting the cities of Kherson and

Beryslav Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Beryslav Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hromada, one of ...

FC Inhulets Petrove Football Club Inhulets Petrove () is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. The club colours ...

is a professional football team in Ukraine that is named after the river. During Kherson counteroffensive of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

between 1 September and 11 October, Ukraine regained the northern third of the rectangle between the Inhulets and Dnieper and continued to push slowly south toward Kherson and the dam at Nova Kakhovka.Wall Street Journal, 13oct22, page A10, map

Tributaries

* Left: , Zelena, Zhovta, Saksahan, Kobylna * Right: Beshka, Bokova,

Vysun The Vysun, Vulsun or Isun () is a river of Ukraine, flowing through the Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative ...

References

External links

* Zelenska, L., Demianov, V.
Inhulets (ІНГУЛЕ́ЦЬ)
'. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. 2011 Гребля Іскрівського водосховища влітку.jpg, Dam at Iskrivka Карачунівське водосховище.JPG, in Kryvyi Rih in 2013 {{Authority control Rivers of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Rivers of Kherson Oblast Rivers of Kirovohrad Oblast Rivers of Kryvyi Rih Rivers of Mykolaiv Oblast