Vovcha (, ) is an long left tributary of the
Donets
The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets (), is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv ...
in the
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Belgorod. , the population is 1,540,486.
History
During the Princely ...
of
Russia
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and
Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna (), is an oblast (province) in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkiv borders Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the w ...
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 ...
.
Its source is in Belgorod Oblast, near the
Russian-Ukrainian border, near the village of
Volchya Alexandrovka.
[Гидрографический справочник по бассейнам рек СССР, Объединённое научно-техническое издательство, Москва-Ленинград, 1936] It flows in a predominantly westerly direction. The confluence with the Donets is near the city of
Vovchansk
Vovchansk (, ; ) is a destroyed city in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of . The Vovcha river, a tributary of the Donets river, runs through the city.
Vovchansk had a population of However, th ...
.
References
{{Rivers of Ukraine
Rivers of Belgorod Oblast
Rivers of Kharkiv Oblast