Don River

E139989

geographical feature river

The Don River is a major river in southwestern Russia that flows from the Central Russian Upland to the Sea of Azov and has long held strategic and historical importance, including during World War II.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Don River canonical	28
Don River basin	13
Don River system	4
Don River bend	2
Don River drainage basin	2
Don River valley	1
Don river system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
ancientName	Tanais ⓘ
associatedWith	Don Cossacks ⓘ
basinCountry	Russia ⓘ
connectedTo	Volga River ⓘ
connectionType	Volga–Don Canal ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dischargesInto	Sea of Azov ⓘ
drainageBasinArea	approximately 425,600 square kilometers ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally south ⓘ
flowsThrough	Lipetsk Oblast ⓘ Rostov Oblast ⓘ Tula Oblast ⓘ Volgograd Oblast ⓘ Voronezh Oblast ⓘ
hasCanal	Volga–Don Canal ⓘ
historicalEvent	Stalingrad strategic offensive operation ⓘ surface form: Battle of Stalingrad area operations World War II battles ⓘ surface form: World War II military operations
historicalImportance	trade route between interior Russia and Black Sea region ⓘ
historicalRegion	Don Cossack region ⓘ
length	approximately 1,160 miles ⓘ approximately 1,870 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Southwestern Russia ⓘ
locatedOn	Russian Plain ⓘ surface form: East European Plain
majorCityOnRiver	Azov ⓘ Rostov-on-Don ⓘ Voronezh ⓘ
mentionedIn	ancient Greek and Roman sources ⓘ
mouth	Sea of Azov ⓘ
navigable	yes ⓘ
near	Stalingrad ⓘ surface form: Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
partOf	Black Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Azov Sea basin
riverSystem	Don River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Don River basin
sourceRegion	Central Russian Upland ⓘ
strategicImportance	major transport route ⓘ military significance ⓘ
tributary	Bystraya Sosna River ⓘ Chir River ⓘ Ilovlya River ⓘ Khopyor River ⓘ Medveditsa River ⓘ Siverskyi Donets ⓘ surface form: Seversky Donets Voronezh River ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ inland navigation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Don Front → associatedRiver → Don River ⓘ

Sea of Azov → drainedByRiver → Don River ⓘ

European Russia → containsRiver → Don River ⓘ

Rostov-on-Don → locatedOnRiver → Don River ⓘ

Volgograd Oblast → locatedOn → Don River ⓘ

Middle Don offensive → location → Don River ⓘ

Volga–Don Canal → connects → Don River ⓘ

Volga–Don Canal → waterSource → Don River ⓘ

middle Don River → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ

middle Don River → riverSystem → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River system

Battle of the Don Bend → location → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River bend

Russian Plain → contains → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

southern Russia → hasMajorRiver → Don River ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Russia

Siverskyi Donets → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Siverskyi Donets → mouth → Don River ⓘ

Siverskyi Donets → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ

European inland shipping network → hasComponent → Don River ⓘ

Rostov Oblast → hasMajorRiver → Don River ⓘ

Don River → riverSystem → Don River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

River Sheaf → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don river system

European Plain → drainedBy → Don River ⓘ

Soviet Operation Uranus → location → Don River ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Uranus

this entity surface form: Don River bend

Battle of Voronezh (1942) → frontLineFeature → Don River ⓘ

Taganrog Bay of the Sea of Azov → tributaryRiver → Don River ⓘ

Central Russian Upland → drainedBy → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Don River near Kalach-na-Donu → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Don River near Kalach-na-Donu → drainageBasin → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River drainage basin

Tsimlyansk Reservoir → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Novocherkassk → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Chir → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Manych → connects → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Manych → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River drainage basin

Voronezh Oblast → hasMajorRiver → Don River ⓘ

Voronezh River → mouth → Don River ⓘ

Voronezh River → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ

Voronezh River → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Voronezh River → riverSystem → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River system

lower Don River → locatedIn → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River valley

Khopyor → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ

Khopyor → mouth → Don River ⓘ

Khopyor → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Khopyor → hasHydrologicalSystem → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River system

Srubnaya culture → locatedIn → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin

Rostov defensive operations → associatedWith → Don River ⓘ

Azov → locatedOnRiver → Don River ⓘ

Azov → isPortOn → Don River ⓘ

Azov → locatedNearMouthOf → Don River ⓘ

Lipetsk Oblast → hasMajorRiver → Don River ⓘ

Russian inland waterway network → hasPart → Don River ⓘ

Medveditsa → partOf → Don River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Don River basin