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Oster (river)

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Not to be confused with the river Ostyor, a tributary of the Sozh River in Ukraine
Oster, Остер
The watershed of the Oster
Location
CountryUkraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChernihiv Oblast
MouthDesna
 • coordinates50°56′10″N 30°50′52″E / 50.936°N 30.8478°E / 50.936; 30.8478
Length199 km (124 mi)
Basin size2,950 km (1,140 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average3,2 m³/s
Basin features
ProgressionDesna→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Oster (Ukrainian: Остер) is a river in the northern Ukrainian oblast of Chernihiv. The river is a left tributary of the Desna River. It is approximately 199 km long and its basin area is 2,950 km. It is connected by canals and streams with the Trubizh River, which flows southwest from Kyiv into the Dnieper River. Important towns and villages on the river include: Nizhyn, Kozelets, Roslavl and Oster.

References

  1. ^ "Остёр (река в Черниговской обл.)" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  2. "Остер" (in Ukrainian). Водный туризм Украины. 2002. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
  3. "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
Ukraine Rivers of Ukraine by tributary or drainage basin
Black Sea
Bug
Danube
Dnieper (Rapids)
Dniester
Don
Pripyat
San
Sea of Azov
Southern Bug
Syvash


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