Salhir River

Catchment area of ​​the Salhyr

The Salhyr in Simferopol

The Salhyr (Ukrainian and Russian Салгирь; Salgir Russian, Crimean Tatar Salgir ), with a length of 232 km and a catchment area of ​​4010 km ², the largest river of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine.

Its gradient is in the mountains 6 m / km and in the plane 0.27 m / km.

Course

It is formed from the two source rivers Anhara (Ukrainian Ангара ) and Kysylkobinka (Ukrainian Кизилкобінка ) on the northern slopes of Crimean mountains at 390 m above sea level, flows first in North Western direction through the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Simferopol.

Before he is serving for about 320 acres of the drinking water supply from Simferopol, Simferopol Reservoir, the city reached dammed. After it has passed through the urban-type settlement Hwardijske, he turns to the northeast and flows on the east coast of the peninsula near the village of Ljubymiwka (Ukrainian Любимівка ) in Rajon Nyschnjohirskyj in the Sywasch ( Sea of ​​Azov ).

Tributaries

The major tributary of the Salhyr are the Bijuk - Karasu, which is 102 km long and has a catchment area of 1,160 km ², has the Burulcha 76 km and a catchment area of 241 km ² and Suja, which is 55 km long and has a catchment area of 421 km ² has.