Oskol (river)
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Oskol Оскол, Оскіл (Oskil) |
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| Water code | RU : 05010400212107000011685 | |
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Kursk , Belgorod Oblast ( Russia ), Oblast Kharkiv , Donetsk Oblast ( Ukraine ) |
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| River system | Don | |
| Drain over | Siverskyi Donets → Don → Sea of Azov | |
| source |
Central Russian Plate 51 ° 35 ′ 59 ″ N , 37 ° 13 ′ 12 ″ O |
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| muzzle | in the Siversky Donets coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 37 ° 24 ′ 33 ″ E 49 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 37 ° 24 ′ 33 ″ E
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| length | 472 km | |
| Catchment area | 14,800 km² | |
| Drainage location: 9.5 km above the mouth |
MQ |
44.2 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Borowa | |
| Right tributaries | Nyschnja Dvorichna | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Oskilsk reservoir | |
| Big cities | Stary Oskol | |
| Medium-sized cities | Nowy Oskol , Waluiki , Kupyansk | |
| Small towns | Chernyanka , Kupyansk-Wuslowyj | |
| Communities | Dvorichna , Borowa , Pisky-Radkiwski , Oskil | |
 Course of Oskol (Оскол) in the catchment area of the Siversky Donets |
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The Oskol ( Russian Оскол ) or Oskil ( Ukrainian Оскіл ) is a 472 km long left tributary of the Siversky Donets in Ukraine and Russia .
The Oskol rises on the Central Russian Plate in the Kursk Oblast . It flows mainly in a southerly direction. It flows through the Russian Oblast Belgorod and the Ukrainian Oblast Kharkiv . Coming from Stary Oskol , the Oskol flows into the Oskilsk reservoir, which is up to 130 km² in size, and flows twelve kilometers below the associated hydroelectric power station on the left into the Siversky Donets , where it briefly forms the border with Donetsk Oblast in the lower reaches . The river has a length of 472 kilometers and its catchment area covers 14,800 km². Within the Ukraine it covers 178 kilometers and the catchment area here is 5,511 km². The Oskol is mainly fed by the snowmelt . The river floods between late March and early May . 9.5 km above the mouth, the mean discharge (MQ) is 44.2 m³ / s.
