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 ...
in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, 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 the ...
of the
Southern Bug
The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh (; ; ; or just ), and sometimes Boh River (; ),
, the basin of
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...
. Its name means blue or of blue shade. It is long with a basin area.Синюха (река)
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It is formed at the confluence of its source rivers 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 ...
(itself formed at the confluence of the
Hnyly Tikych
The Hnylyi Tikych (), also known as Gniloy Tikich River, is a river in Ukraine, 157 km in length, a tributary of the Tikych, in the basin of Southern Bug. The Hnylyi Tikych river finds its source near the village of Snizhky in Bila Tserkva Ra ...
and the
Hirskyi Tikych
The Hirskyi Tikych () is a river in Ukraine, 167 km in length, a tributary of the Tikych, in the basin of Southern Bug. The Hirskyi Tikych river finds its source near the village of Frontivka in Orativ Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast. It joins the 1 ...
) and 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 .Pervomaisk.
It is believed that in the mid-14th century one of the major battles between the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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Battle of Blue Waters
The Battle of Blue Waters was fought at some time in the autumn of 1362 or 1363 on the banks of the Syniukha River, a left tributary of the Southern Bug, between the armies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Golden Horde. The Lithuanians won ...
, took place here.
The of national importance is by the Yatran village, at the confluence of
Yatran River
Yatran () is a river in Ukraine, flowing in Cherkasy Oblast and Kirovohrad Oblast, a right tributary of Syniukha of the Southern Bug river basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point ...
* Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.
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