Vovk River
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The Vovk is a
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 ...
. Translated into English, the river's name means ''''wolf''''. It flows through the
Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast (), also known as Khmelnychchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in western Ukraine covering portions of the historical regions of western Podolia and southern Volhynia. The Capital (political) ...
of western Ukraine and is a right-bank tributary of the
Southern Bug The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh (; ; ; or just ), and sometimes Boh River (; ),
in the
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 ...
basin. The Vovk flows through
Derazhnya Derazhnia (, ; ) is a city and railway station in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Derazhnia is situated along the banks of the Vovk River (meaning ''wolf'' in Ukrainian), 42 km east from the regional c ...
and enters the Southern Bug in
Letychiv Letychiv (; ; ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi and from the railway station in Derazhnia. I ...
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Rivers of Khmelnytskyi Oblast {{Ukraine-river-stub