Donets

The Siverskyi Donets (Ukrainian: Сіверський Донець) or Seversky Donets (Russian: Северский Донец), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It is the fourth longest river in Ukraine. Donets originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts) and then again through Russia (Rostov Oblast) to join the Don River, about 100 km (62 mi) from the Sea of Azov. The Donets is the fourth largest river in Ukraine and the biggest in the Eastern Ukraine. It is an important source of fresh water in the east of the country. It gives its name to the Donets Basin, known commonly as the Donbass, an important coal mining region in Ukraine.

Etymology

The name Don and its diminutive, Donet are derived from Iranic, Sarmatian Dānu "the river". According to V. Abaev (expert on Scytho-Sarmatian languages) the name Don derives from Iranic, Scythian-Sarmatian Dānu (river) Scytho-Sarmatians inhabited the areas to the north of the Black Sea from 1100 BC into the early medieval times.

Donets (disambiguation)

Donets may refer to:

See also