Don River

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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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Label Occurrences
Don River canonical 28
Don River basin 13
Don River system 4

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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

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Medveditsa riverSystem Don River
this entity surface form: Don River system