Psel (river)

The Psel (, translit. ''Psyol''; , translit. ''Psel, Ps'ol, Pslo'') is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.

The Psel has a length of and a drainage basin of .Псёл
Great Soviet Encyclopedia The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):

Left: Ilyok, Pena, Udava, Rybytsia, Sinna, Syrovatka, Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka, Budylka, Bobrava, Borovenka, Vepryk, Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa, Bakai, Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka

Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk

Settlements

Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of the Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadyach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

Russia

*Belgorod Oblast
** Prokhorovsky District
*** Prigorki, Verkhnyaya Olshanka, Srednyaya Olshanka, Bugrovka, Beregovoye Vtoroye, Prelestnoye, Andreyevka, Vasilyevka, Yudinka, Kostroma, Vesyoly
** Ivnyansky District
*** Olkhovatka, Cherenovo, Peschanoye, Samarino
*Kursk Oblast
** Oboyansky District
*** Peresyp, Semyonovka, Shipy, Znobilovka Kamynino, Goryaynovo, Afanasyevo, Oboyan, Trubezh, Anakhino, Lunino, Turovka, Gremyachka, Kartamyshevo, Shmyrevo
** Belovsky District
*** Kurochino, Kursk Oblast, Gochevo, Strigosly, Bobrava, Loshakovka, Korochka, Peschanoye, Sukhodol, Giryi, Belitsa, Kursk
** Sudzhansky District
*** Spalnoye, Borki, Fanseyevka, Kurilovka, Guyevo, Gornal

Ukraine

* Sumy Oblast
** Krasnopillia Raion
*** Zapsillya, Myropyllia, Velyka Rybytsya, Hrunivka
** Sumy Raion
*** Bytytsya, Pushkarivka, Velika Chernechchyna, Zelenyi, Homyne, Sumy Rayon, Sumy, Barvinkove
** Lebedyn Raion
*** Chervone, Nyzy, Patriotivka, Kerdylivshchyna, Staronove, Byshkin, Tokari, Kulyky, Kurgan, Chervlene, Prystailove, Bobrove, Kamyane
*Poltava Oblast
** Hadiach Raion
*** Plishyvets, Duchyntsi, Brovarki, Hadiach, Velbyvka, Mali Budyshcha, Sosnivka, Rashivka, Lysivka, Mlyny, Pereviz, Mala Obukhivka
** Myrhorod Raion
*** Velyka Obukhivka, Panasivka, Savyntsi, Velyki Sorochintsy
** Shyshaky Raion
*** Malyi Pereviz, Pokrovske, Baranivka, Velykyi Pereviz, Shyshaky, Yaresky, Nyzhni Yaresky
** Velyka Bahachka Raion
*** Psilske, Velyka Bahachka, Harnokut, Luhove, Dzyubivshchyna, Krasnohorivka, Herusivka, Balakliya, Kolosivka, Ostapye, Zapsillya, Pidhirya
** Reshetylivka Raion
*** Sukhorabivka
** Hlobyne Raion
*** Popivka, Zamozhne, Manzheliya, Lamane
** Kozelshchyna Raion
*** Plavni, Prylipka, Kyselivka, Hovtva, Zahrebellya, Yurky, Nyzhnya Manuilivka, Pisky, Knyshivka
** Kremenchuk Raion
*** , Zapsyllya, Omelnyk, Fedorenky, Kramarenky, Romanky, Onyshenky, Shcherbaky, Potoky, Pridnipryanske
**Horishni Plavni
*** Kuzmenky, Kyyashky,

Flora and fauna

The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.

In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch.

References

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Rivers of Belgorod Oblast
Rivers of Kursk Oblast
Rivers of Poltava Oblast
Rivers of Sumy Oblast