Horyn River

The Horyn

The Horyn - History

The Horyn (Ukrainian Горинь; Yiddish Horin ) or Haryn (White Russian) is a right tributary of the Pripyat / Prypjaz in the southwest of the East European Plain. The to the river system of the Dnieper belonging river has a length of 659 miles and drains a catchment area of ​​22,700 km ². The Horyn reached a maximum width of 80 m and a maximum depth of 16 m. An important tributary is the Slutsch. The Horyn rises in the Podolian plate on the territory of Ukraine Ternopil Oblast (south of Kremenez and north of Ternopil ). In its course it flows on through the Ukrainian oblasts Khmelnitsky and Rivne and the Belarusian Breszkaja Woblasz, where it flows into the Pripyat. In the upper reaches it flows first to the Podolian plate. From its source it flows to Izjaslav in west-east direction. In the beginning of the middle reaches of the Horyn forms an S- shaped curve towards the north (along the cities Izjaslav, Slawuta and Ostroh ) and thus intersects the Volhynian plate. Near the city Netischyn is the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant that uses the river water as a coolant. From Ostroh from it then flows towards the north to Hoschtscha and flows just before Kostopil first west. In the vicinity of Rivne it then changes its direction of flow for the last time. It flows northeast across the state border to Belarus. A stagnation is especially found in the lowest part of the river, which flows through the partially drained Prypjazsümpfe. This area used to regularly hit by flooding in the spring. The lower part of the river is navigable by larger inland transport ships.

Larger towns along the river are the cities Izjaslav, Slawuta, Netischyn, Ostroh, Hoschtscha, Dubrowyzja and Stolin.