Don

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geographical feature major river river

The Don is a major river in southwestern Russia that flows from the Central Russian Upland to the Sea of Azov, historically serving as an important trade route and cultural boundary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
major river ⓘ
river ⓘ
approximateLength about 1,160 miles ⓘ
about 1,870 kilometers ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Don Cossacks ⓘ
basinArea about 164,000 square miles ⓘ
about 425,000 square kilometers ⓘ
climateZone temperate continental ⓘ
connectedByCanal Volga–Don Canal ⓘ
connectedRiverViaCanal Volga River ⓘ
surface form: Volga
country Russia ⓘ
culturalRole symbol of Cossack identity ⓘ
drainageBasinCountry Russia ⓘ
emptiesNear Taganrog Bay of the Sea of Azov ⓘ
surface form: Taganrog Bay
flowsInto Sea of Azov ⓘ
flowsThrough Lipetsk Oblast ⓘ
Rostov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tula Oblast ⓘ
Voronezh Oblast ⓘ
freezesInWinter yes ⓘ
hasEstuaryType delta ⓘ
hasFloodplain yes ⓘ
historicalRegion Cossack Host ⓘ
surface form: land of the Don Cossacks
historicalRole cultural boundary ⓘ
important trade route ⓘ
historicalSignificance part of trade routes linking the interior of Russia with the Black Sea region ⓘ
served as a boundary between European Russia and the Eurasian steppe ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern Russia ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Azov ⓘ
Rostov-on-Don ⓘ
Voronezh ⓘ
mentionedInAuthor Mikhail Sholokhov ⓘ
mentionedInWork And Quiet Flows the Don ⓘ
mouth Sea of Azov ⓘ
partOf Russian Plain ⓘ
surface form: East European Plain
region Southern Federal District of Russia ⓘ
riverSystem Sea of Azov ⓘ
surface form: Sea of Azov basin
sourceRegion Central Russian Upland ⓘ
tributary Chir ⓘ
Khopyor ⓘ
Manych ⓘ
Medveditsa ⓘ
Siverskyi Donets ⓘ
surface form: Seversky Donets
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

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

Don Garber → givenName → Don ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Sea
subject surface form: Sea of Azov