Don River

The name Don derives from the Avestan and Rigveda word dānu.

In antiquity, the river was viewed as the border between Europe and Asia by some ancient Greek geographers.

The Don Cossacks, who settled the fertile valley of the river in the 16th and 17th centuries, were named after the river.

The Volga–Don Canal, 101 kilometres (65 mi), connects the Don with the Volga.

The Kochetovsky Lock, built in 1914–19 and doubled in 2004–08, is the best known of the three dam-and-ship-lock complexes on the Don.