Saksahan

Saksahan
The Saksahan in Kryvyi Rih
Location
Country	Ukraine
Oblasts	Dnipropetrovsk
Towns/Cities	Kryvyi Rih
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	48°15′41″N 34°06′08″E / 48.2613°N 34.1022°E / 48.2613; 34.1022
Mouth	Inhulets
• coordinates	47°32′06″N 33°11′45″E / 47.5351°N 33.1959°E / 47.5351; 33.1959Coordinates: 47°32′06″N 33°11′45″E / 47.5351°N 33.1959°E / 47.5351; 33.1959
Length	144 km (89 mi)
Basin size	2,025 km2 (782 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Inhulets→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Saksahan is a river in Ukraine, in the southeastern part of the Dnieper Upland. Left tributary of the Inhulets (Dnieper basin).

The name is derived, according to some sources from the Turkic word «Saxagan» - «magpie».

The source of the river, in the modern territorial division, located by the village of , Verkhnodniprovsk Raion, situated at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level.

The length of the river (river basin) 144 km (according to other sources has a total length of 130 kilometers), the width of the river bed in an average of 5 – 15 meters, plёsah places expands to 20 - 40 (29 to 40) meters (watershed line - 250 km).