The Molochna (; ) is a

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in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern

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. The river is connected with the Russian Mennonite culture, once based in the southeastern region of Ukraine since 1804 as Molotschna colony which was part of the

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at that time. In antiquity the river was called Gerrhus or Gerrus (). The river was called Tokmak () by the Nogais. The Molochna is formed by the confluence of the Chynhul and Tokmak rivers, just north of Molochansk. It flows roughly southwards, through Melitopol and into the Molochnyi Estuary in the Azov Sea. Its length is and its drainage basin is 3,450 km².Молочная

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A former island in the river contains the archaeological site of Kamyana Mohyla.

Cities and towns in the watershed

* Melitopol * Molochansk * Tokmak

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Drainage basins of the Sea of Azov Rivers of Zaporizhzhia Oblast {{Ukraine-river-stub

Cities and towns in the watershed

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