Sula (Dnieper)

For other uses, see Sula.
Sula
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Native nameСула
Location
CountryUkraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumy Oblast
MouthDnieper
 • coordinates
49°33′19″N 32°45′16″E / 49.5553°N 32.7544°E / 49.5553; 32.7544
Length363 km (226 mi)
Basin size19,600 km2 (7,600 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average29 m3[1]
Basin features
ProgressionDnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
Tributaries 
 • rightRomen, Uday
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The Sula (Ukrainian: Сула́; Russian: Су́ла) is a left tributary of the Dnieper with a total length of 363 kilometres (226 mi) and a drainage basin of 19,600 square kilometres (7,600 sq mi).[1][2][3][4]

The river flows into the Dnieper through the Kremenchuk Reservoir, with which it forms a large delta with numerous islands, on which rare kinds of birds live. An important tributary is the Uday, smaller ones being Orzhytsya, Sliporid, Romen and Tern.

Large cities located on the river are Romny, Lokhvytsia and Lubny.

Etymology

The river's name evokes slow or muddy waters considering the words it is related to: Lithuanian/Latvian sulà "birch sap", Old Prussian sulo "curdled milk", Norwegian dialectal saula "dirt", Sanskrit súrā "spiritous liquor", and Avestan hurā "intoxicating drink, kumis".[5] Another etymology of the hydronym Sula is the Turkic suly, 'filled with water, wet'.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Сула (река, приток Днепра)" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  2. ^ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  3. ^ "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  4. ^ "Sula River". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  5. ^ Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003: 320.
  6. ^ Yu.N. Drozdov, 2008, Türkic Ethnonymy Of European Peoples, Moscow, "Reliance", ISBN 978-5-904215-04-0, p.247
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