Rohachyk
The Rohachyk river (Ukrainian: Рогачик) is a left tributary of the Dnieper river in Kherson oblast, Ukraine. It has a length of 41 km. The river valley is up to 200 m wide. The width is generally 5 m. There are several ponds on the river. It names derives from a Ukrainian word for the "horn" as the river is winding.[1]
The Rohachyk river rises in the southern outskirts of the urban-type settlement of Verkhnii Rohachyk. It flows through the territory of Kakhovka Raion of Kherson Oblast. The mouth area of the river 7 km in length creates Nyzhniy (Lower) Rohachyk estuary which is separated from the Dnieper by Kakhovka Reservoir dam.
There are three unnamed left tributaries.
The river flows through such settlements as: Verkhnii Rohachyk, Novooleksiivka, Trudovyk, Zoria, Heorhiivka, Oleksiivka, Prolatarii.
References
- ^ Знайомі незнайомці: походження назв поселень України. Либідь, 2001
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![Map of the drainage basin of the Dnieper](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Dnipro_Basin_River_Town_International.png/100px-Dnipro_Basin_River_Town_International.png)
stations
- 1 Italics indicate left tributaries