Berezan (river)

Beresan Березань
Mouth of the Sassyk in the Berezan Liman
Data
location	Ukraine , Mykolaiv Oblast
River system	Berezan
source	near Staroolexijiwka , Wesselynowe district, 47 ° 16 ′ 43 ″  N , 31 ° 21 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height	90  m
muzzle	over the Beresan-Liman near Ochakiv into the Black Sea Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 3 "  N , 31 ° 35 ′ 20"  E 46 ° 50 ′ 3 "  N , 31 ° 35 ′ 20"  E
Mouth height	0  m
Height difference	90 m
Bottom slope	1.8 ‰
length	49 km
Catchment area	890 km²
Left tributaries	Balka Kalistrowska
Right tributaries	Balka Kochakinska
Communities	Schyrokolanivka , Nechayane

The Beresan (Ukrainian Березань ) is a 49 km long tributary to the Black Sea in southern Ukraine . The catchment area of ​​the Beresan is 890 km² and its gradient is 1.5 m / km. The river is 5 m wide and 1.2 to 1.5 m deep.

The Beresan rises near the village of Starooleksijiwka ( Староолексіївка ) in Wesselynowe district in Mykolaiv Oblast . He then flows into a trapezoid, 2 km wide valley to the west of the Oblast in the south and forms after 49 kilometers south of Netschajane ( Нечаяне ) in Mykolaiv Raion the Berezan Estuary , which in Ochakiv in the Black Sea flows.

source Mykolaiv muzzle

Course of the Berezan in Mykolaiv Oblast

Tributaries

Tributaries of the Beresan are the Balka Kalistrowska ( балка Калістровська ) flowing from the left and the Balka Kotschakinska ( балка Кочакінська ) flowing from the right .

history

In ancient times, the river was in Sarmatia and was named Sagaris. In the 19th century, the Beresan colonist district of Black Sea German colonists was located on the Beresan . From 1809 to 1820 7 Catholic and 4 Protestant mother colonies ( Karlsruhe , Katharinental , Landau , Munich , Rastatt , Rohrbach , Speyer , Sulz (today destroyed), Waterloo and Worms ) were founded here.

Web links

• German foundations on the Beresan (English)
• historical map of Beresan, Kherson, South Russia (English)

Remarks

1. ↑ The Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on Liman under: Березанський лиман