Inhul

For a larger river in Kirovohrad Oblast, see Inhulets River.
Inhul, Інгул
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Location
CountryUkraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationKirovohrad Oblast
 • elevation170 m
MouthSouthern Bug
 • coordinates
46°59′12″N 31°59′08″E / 46.9866°N 31.9855°E / 46.9866; 31.9855
Length354 km (220 mi)[1][2][3]
Basin size9,890 km2 (3,820 sq mi)[1][2][3]
Discharge 
 • locationNovohorozhene, Bashtanka Raion[1]
 • average8.84 m3/s (312 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionSouthern Bug→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
Map
Aerial view of confluence of Boh and Inhul at Mykolaiv (main course is Boh, Inhul is at top and upper right corner of the picture)
The Beauplan's map with Angul and Angulet wielki flowing to Boh river from area of Black Forest (Nigra sylva), west of Angulet mialy

The Inhul (Ukrainian: Інгул) is a left tributary of the Southern Bug (Boh)[2][3] and is the 14th longest river of Ukraine. It flows through the Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv regions.[3]

It starts near the village of Rodnykivka, Oleksandriia Raion in Kirovohrad Oblast (Central Ukraine), flowing south towards the Southern Bug at Mykolaiv, which is 65 km (40 miles) north (up river) from where the Southern Bug empties into the Black Sea. The Inhul River is 354 km (220 mi) long.[2][4][1][5]

The river valley is mostly trapezium-like with a width of up to 4 km and a depth of up to 60 meters.[3] At the upper stream it has a narrow winding channel that cuts through the Dnieper Upland,[5] and its rocky banks show granite and gneiss; at the middle and lower stream after entering the Black Sea Lowland,[5] it widens up to 30 meters and over.[3] The river freezes over in December and thaws sometime in March.[5]

Among major cities on the river are Kropyvnytskyi[5] and Mykolaiv.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ингул" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  2. ^ a b c d Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Khilchevsky, V. Inhul (ІНГУ́Л). Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. 2011
  4. ^ "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (PDF) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Inhul River". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2019-04-29.