Bokowa (river)

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Bokowa
Бокова
Data
location Ukraine
River system Dnepr
Drain over Inhulez  → Dnepr  → Black Sea
source Dnieper highlands near Varvarivka , Kirowohrad Oblast
48 ° 17 ′ 35 ″  N , 32 ° 58 ′ 6 ″  E
Source height 155  m
muzzle at Krywyj Rih in the Inhulez coordinates: 47 ° 57 '14 "  N , 33 ° 8' 40"  E 47 ° 57 '14 "  N , 33 ° 8' 40"  E
Mouth height 59  m
Height difference 96 m
Bottom slope 1.3 ‰
length 74 km
Catchment area 1320 km²
Right tributaries Bokowenka
Communities Sofiivka

The Bokowa (Ukrainian Бокова ) is a 74 km long right tributary of the Inhulez in central Ukraine .

The river has a catchment area of 1320 km² rises near the village Warwariwka (Ukrainian Варварівка ) in Rajon Dolynska in Oblast Kirovohrad and flows west of the city Kryvyi Rih in the Karatschuniwka Reservoir accumulated Inhulets River.

The average gradient of the river is 1.5 m / km. The Bokowa is on average 10 m wide and 2.7 m deep, the valley up to 2 km wide. The only major tributary is the Bokowenka , 59 km long , which flowed into the Bokowa until 1959, and has now flowed directly into the Bokowa since the Inhulez was dammed up to the Karachunivske reservoir.

Bokowa (River) (Kirovohrad Oblast)
source
source
muzzle
muzzle
Kirovohrad Oblast
Course of the Bokowa

Individual evidence

  1. Description of the river on 1775.dp.ua (Russian)