Psel (river)

The Psel (Russian: Псёл, translit. Psyol; Ukrainian: Псeл, Псьол, Псло, translit. Psel, Ps'ol, Pslo) is a river, a left tributary of the Dnipro River, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.

Psel, Psyol
The Psyol near Ivnya
Psyol River
Location
Country	Russia, Ukraine
Oblast	Russia Kursk Oblast Belgorod Oblast Ukraine Sumy Oblast Poltava Oblast
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Upstream of Prigorki, Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
• coordinates	51°07′58″N 36°44′52″E
• elevation	247 m (810 ft)
Mouth	Dnieper
• location	Downstream of Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
• coordinates	49°01′16″N 33°32′03″E
Length	717 km (446 mi)
Basin size	22,800 km^2 (8,800 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Pena, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva
• right	Sudzha, Hrun, Khorol

The Psel has a length of 717 kilometres (446 mi) and a drainage basin of 22,800 square kilometres (8,800 sq mi).[1][2] The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.[1]

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):

Left: Ilyok, Pena, Udava, Rybytsia, Sinna, Syrovatka, Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka, Budylka, Bobrava, Borovenka, Vepryk, Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa, Bakai, Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka

Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk

Settlements

Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of the Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadyach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

Russia

• Belgorod Oblast
  • Prokhorovsky District
    • Prigorki, Verkhnyaya Olshanka, Srednyaya Olshanka, Bugrovka, Beregovoye Vtoroye, Prelestnoye, Andreyevka, Vasilyevka, Yudinka, Kostroma, Vesyoly
  • Ivnyansky District
    • Olkhovatka, Cherenovo, Peschanoye, Samarino
• Kursk Oblast
  • Oboyansky District
    • Peresyp, Semyonovka, Shipy, Znobilovka Kamynino, Goryaynovo, Afanasyevo, Oboyan, Trubezh, Anakhino, Lunino, Turovka, Gremyachka, Kartamyshevo, Shmyrevo
  • Belovsky District
    • Kurochino, Kursk Oblast, Gochevo, Strigosly, Bobrava, Loshakovka, Korochka, Peschanoye, Sukhodol, Giryi, Belitsa, Kursk
  • Sudzhansky District
    • Spalnoye, Borki, Fanseyevka, Kurilovka, Guyevo, Gornal

Ukraine

• Sumy Oblast
  • Krasnopillia Raion
    • Zapsillya, Myropyllia, Velyka Rybytsya, Hrunivka
  • Sumy Raion
    • Bytytsya, Pushkarivka, Velika Chernechchyna, Zelenyi, Homyne, Sumy Rayon, Sumy, Barvinkove
  • Lebedyn Raion
    • Chervone, Nyzy, Patriotivka, Kerdylivshchyna, Staronove, Byshkin, Tokari, Kulyky, Kurgan, Chervlene, Prystailove, Bobrove, Kamyane
• Poltava Oblast
  • Hadiach Raion
    • Plishyvets, Duchyntsi, Brovarki, Hadiach, Velbyvka, Mali Budyshcha, Sosnivka, Rashivka, Lysivka, Mlyny, Pereviz, Mala Obukhivka
  • Myrhorod Raion
    • Velyka Obukhivka, Panasivka, Savyntsi, Velyki Sorochintsy
  • Shyshaky Raion
    • Malyi Pereviz, Pokrovske, Baranivka, Velykyi Pereviz, Shyshaky, Yaresky, Nyzhni Yaresky
  • Velyka Bahachka Raion
    • Psilske, Velyka Bahachka, Harnokut, Luhove, Dzyubivshchyna, Krasnohorivka, Herusivka, Balakliya, Kolosivka, Ostapye, Zapsillya, Pidhirya
  • Reshetylivka Raion
    • Sukhorabivka
  • Hlobyne Raion
    • Popivka, Zamozhne, Manzheliya, Lamane
  • Kozelshchyna Raion
    • Plavni, Prylipka, Kyselivka, Hovtva, Zahrebellya, Yurky, Nyzhnya Manuilivka, Pisky, Knyshivka
  • Kremenchuk Raion
    • Hunky, Zapsyllya, Omelnyk, Fedorenky, Kramarenky, Romanky, Onyshenky, Shcherbaky, Potoky, Pridnipryanske
  • Horishni Plavni
    • Kuzmenky, Kyyashky, Dmytrivka

Flora and fauna

The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.

In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch.

References

1. Псёл, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
2. Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-04.