Seversky Donets

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Seversky Donets
Origin Russia
Mouth Don River
Basin countries Russia, Ukraine
Length 1,053 km (654 mi)
Source elevation  
Avg. discharge  
Basin area 98,900 km² (38,186 square miles)
Map showing the Don and Donets rivers
Map showing the Don and Donets rivers

The river Seversky Donets (Russian: Северский Донец; Ukrainian: Сіверський Донець; alternatively Donetz), flows into the Don River, Russia. It originates in Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (traversing the oblasts of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk) and then into Russia again to join the Don River in the Rostov Oblast below Konstantinovsk, about 100 km from the Sea of Azov. The Donets has a total length of 1,053 km (654 miles).

Shipping can navigate the river on its lower reaches; and the waterway serves as a significant transportation artery to service the Donets Basin (Donbas) — an area of coal-mining and heavy industry.

Cities along the Donets, from source to mouth:

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Coordinates: 51°00′N, 36°59′E

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