Berda (river)

Berda Берда
The Berda near its mouth at Berdyansk
Data
location	Ukraine , Zaporizhia Oblast
River system	Berda
source	Azov highlands near Vershyna Druha , Bilmak district, 47 ° 15 ′ 14 ″  N , 36 ° 27 ′ 31 ″  E
Source height	250  m
muzzle	Sea of ​​Azov near Novopetrivka , Berdyansk Raion Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '46 "  N , 36 ° 53' 13"  E 46 ° 47 '46 "  N , 36 ° 53' 13"  E
Mouth height	0  m
Height difference	250 m
Bottom slope	1.9 ‰
length	130 km
Catchment area	1750 km²
Left tributaries	Bilmanka , Hruska , Hrusenka , Karatjuk , Temryuk , Karatysch , Vodjana
Right tributaries	Berestova
Communities	Smyrnowe , Ossypenko , Novopetrivka

The Berda (Ukrainian and Russian Берда ) is a 130 km long tributary to the Azov Sea in the Ukrainian Oblast of Zaporizhia .

The river has its source at a height of 250  m in the Azov highlands , then flows through the southeast of Zaporizhia Oblast, forms the border with Donetsk Oblast for a short distance and flows into the Sea of ​​Azov near the village of Novopetrivka near Berdjansk . The upper two thirds of the Berda are characterized by narrow valleys, small waterfalls, a high current speed and strong fluctuations in the water level. The lower third of the river is wide, swampy and interrupted by many lakes. Its mouth is a Ramsar area .

The river has a gradient of 2.1 m / km and has a catchment area of ​​1750 km². Some of the water from the Berda is used for water supply and irrigation.

Tributaries

From the left:

• Bilmanka ( Більманка )
• Hruska ( Грузька ), 14.8 km long, catchment area 110 km²
• Hrusenka ( Грузенька )
• Karatjuk ( Каратюк ), 28 km long, catchment area 243 km²
• Temryuk ( Темрюк )
• Karatysch ( Каратиш ), 38.8 km long, catchment area 458 km²
• Vodjana ( Водяна ).

From the right:

• Berestova ( Берестова ), 22.3 km long, catchment area 146 km²

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source muzzle Zaporizhia Sea of ​​Azov

Course of the Berda in the Zaporizhia Oblast

Web links

Commons : Berda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Berda in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry on the river in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ; accessed on June 18, 2017 (Ukrainian)