Derkul | |
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Native name | Деркул (Ukrainian) |
Location | |
Country | Russia, Ukraine |
Region | Rostov Oblast, Luhansk Oblast |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Central Russian Upland |
• coordinates | 49°38′1″N 39°38′5″E / 49.63361°N 39.63472°E |
Mouth | |
• location | Donets |
• coordinates | 48°35′12″N 39°41′26″E / 48.58667°N 39.69056°E |
Length | 163 km (101 mi)[1][2] |
Basin size | 5,180 km2 (2,000 sq mi)[1][2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Donets→ Don→ Sea of Azov |
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The Derkul is a left tributary of the Donets located in the Luhansk Oblast of northeast Ukraine, on the border to the Rostov Oblast of Russia.[1] It is 163 kilometres (101 mi) long, and has a catchment area of 5,180 square kilometres (2,000 sq mi).[2]
The Derkul rises north of Markivka in the Ukrainian Luhansk Oblast on the western foothills of the Central Russian Upland. It flows mainly in a southerly direction through a hilly plain in the northeast of the oblast and after 163 km flows on the left into the Siverskyi Donets. In parts of the lower course, it forms a border of the Rostov Oblast of Russia. The Derkul flows through the urban-type settlement of Bilovodsk at the lower reaches. The most important tributary of the Derkul is the Polnaya from the left.