Fun facts about Dnieper
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The river Dnieper is also known by the Russian name Dnepr, where the initial D is generally silent in English pronunciation.
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The Dnieper or Dnepr, also known as the Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
From the “Names” section
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The Dnieper has as many as 32,000 tributaries, with 89 being rivers greater than 100 kilometers in length.
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The Dnieper or Dnepr, also known as the Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
From the “Geography” section
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The Kakhovka dam was destroyed on 6 June 2023 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, revealing the original course of the river.
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The Dnieper or Dnepr, also known as the Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
From the “Reservoirs and hydroelectric power” section
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The River Dnieper has been a subject of chapter X of a story by Nikolai Gogol, considered a classical example of nature description in Russian literature.
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The Dnieper or Dnepr, also known as the Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
From the “In the arts” section
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The Zaporozhian Cossacks lived on the lower Dnieper, and their name refers to their location, meaning 'beyond the rapids'.
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The Dnieper or Dnepr, also known as the Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
From the “In the arts” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Dmitry A. Mottl · CC BY-SA 3.0