Sula (Dnieper)
| Sula, Сула | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sumy Oblast |
| Mouth | Dnieper |
• coordinates | 49°33′19″N 32°45′16″E / 49.5553°N 32.7544°ECoordinates: 49°33′19″N 32°45′16″E / 49.5553°N 32.7544°E |
| Length | 363 km (226 mi) |
| Basin size | 19,600 km2 (7,600 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 29 m3[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Romen, Uday |
The Sula (Ukrainian: Сула́; Russian: Су́ла) is a left tributary of the Dnieper with a total length of 363 km and a drainage basin of 19,600 km².[1][2][3][4]
The river flows into the Dnieper through the Kremenchuk Reservoir, with which it forms a large delta with numerous islands, on which rare kinds of birds live. An important tributary is the Uday, smaller ones being , , Romen and .
Large cities located on the river are Romny, Lokhvytsia and Lubny.
The river's name evokes slow or muddy waters considering the words it is related to: Lithuanian/Latvian sulà "birch sap", Old Prussian sulo "curdled milk", Norwegian dialectal saula "dirt", Sanskrit súrā "spiritous liquor", and Avestan hurā "intoxicating drink, kumis".[5] Another etymology of the hydronym Sula is the Turkic suly, 'filled with water, wet'.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Сула (река, приток Днепра)" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ "Sula River". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003: 320.
- ^ Yu.N. Drozdov, 2008, Türkic Ethnonymy Of European Peoples, Moscow, "Reliance", ISBN 978-5-904215-04-0, p.247
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- Tributaries of the Dnieper
- Rivers of Chernihiv Oblast
- Rivers of Sumy Oblast
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