Aidar (river)

Aidar
Aidar
Native name	Айдар (Ukrainian)
Location
Country	Russia, Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Donets
• coordinates	48°42′27″N 39°11′48″E / 48.70750°N 39.19667°ECoordinates: 48°42′27″N 39°11′48″E / 48.70750°N 39.19667°E
Length	264 km (164 mi)
Basin size	7,420 km2 (2,860 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Donets→ Don→ Sea of Azov

The Aidar (Ukrainian: Айдар) is a river of the Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. A left tributary of the Seversky Donets, it flows for 264 kilometres (164 mi) (256 kilometres (159 mi) within Ukraine) and has a basin area of 7,420 square kilometres (2,860 sq mi).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] The slopes of the valley are partitioned with ravines and gorges. In the spring, snow melt accounts for approximately 70% of the flow. The average flow module is 1.7 liters • sec / km ². The river freezes in December.

References[]

М. Т. Янко. Топонімічний словник-довідник української РСР, К., «Радянська школа», 1973, стор. 13

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