Psel River

Psel

Location of Psel in the catchment area of the Dnieper

The Psel (Ukrainian Псел; Russian Псёл ( Psel ) ) is a left tributary of the Dnieper River with a length of 717 km and a catchment area of ​​22,800 km ². It rises in the south-eastern foothills of the central Russian country back on Russian territory. From there it flows in the upper reaches initially in a westerly direction. In the middle reaches, he changed beneath the city of Sumy its flow direction to the southwest, where he deep cuts into the Poltava plateau. It flows into the Poltava Oblast to the west of the city of Komsomolsk in the dammed reservoir to Dniprodserschynsker Dnepr. Important tributaries are Khorol and Howtwa.

Larger towns on Psel are Sumy, Hadjatsch and Schyschaky. In the Middle Ages was also Howtwa important.