Vovcha (Samara)
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Vovcha Вовча, Волчья (Volchya) |
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 Vovcha near Pavlohrad |
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| Data | ||
| location | Oblasts Donetsk , Dnipropetrovsk ( Ukraine ) | |
| River system | Dnepr | |
| Drain over | Samara → Dnieper → Black Sea | |
| source | on the Donets ridge in Donetsk Oblast 48 ° 12 ′ 29 ″ N , 37 ° 29 ′ 56 ″ E |
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| Source height | 65.1 m | |
| muzzle | in the Dnepr coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 13 " N , 35 ° 41 ′ 29" E 48 ° 38 ′ 13 " N , 35 ° 41 ′ 29" E |
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| Mouth height | 56.1 m | |
| Height difference | 9 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.03 ‰ | |
| length | 323 km | |
| Catchment area | 13,300 km² | |
| Outflow location: 81 km above the mouth |
MQ |
5.3 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Verkhnya Tersa , Hajtschul | |
| Right tributaries | Solona , Kamjanka | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Kurachower Reservoir | |
| Big cities | Pavlohrad | |
| Small towns | Kurachowe | |
| Communities | Wassylkiwka , Kurachiwka , Pokrovka , Velykomychajliwka , Andriivka | |
The Wowtscha (Ukrainian Вовча , Russian Волчья / Woltschja ) is a 323 km long left tributary of the Samara in the catchment area of the Dnepr in Ukraine .
The river with a catchment area of 13,000 km² rises on the southeastern slopes of the Donets Ridge at 65 m altitude in Pokrovsk district , Donetsk Oblast , then flows into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and flows into the Samara 12 km northwest of Pavlohrad .
Important tributaries are the 79 km long Solona (Ukrainian Солона ) with a catchment area of 946 km², the 55 km long Kamjanka (Ukrainian Кам'янка ), which has a catchment area of 517 km², and the 107 km long Verkhnya Tersa ( ерхня Терса ) with a catchment area of 1680 km² and the 130 km long Hajtschul ( Гайчул ) with a catchment area of 2140 km².
On the bank of the Vovcha are the urban-type settlements Vasylkivka , Kurachivka and Pokrovsk, as well as the city of Pavlohrad. The city of Kurachowe is located on the Kurachower reservoir , to which the river is dammed.
Course of the Vovcha |
Web links
- Samara and Vovcha, travelogue (Russian)