| Krasna | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| State |  Luhansk Oblast |
| District |  Svatove Raion Sievierodonetsk Raion |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Tymonove |
| • coordinates | 49°45′38″N 38°27′24″E / 49.7605°N 38.4568°E |
| Mouth | Kreminna |
• coordinates | 49°01′26″N 38°15′48″E / 49.0239°N 38.2633°E |
| Length | 151 km |
| Basin size | 2710 km2 |
The Krasna (Ukrainian: Красна) is a river in Ukraine, a tributary on the left bank of the Donets River, within the Don River Basin.
Etymology
Geography
The Krasna flows through the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine, and has a basin drainage of 2,710 km2. The 151-km long river begins at the village of Tymonove, flows though Svatove, and ends at Kreminna, where it merges into the Donets.[2]
Map of the Donets drainage basin, which includes the Krasna River.
With a drop of 0.5 m per km, the river is gently flowing. The width of its valley is 3.5 km. The right bank is high, up to 60 m in places, and cut by short but deep ravines. The flat left bank is lower, less than 30 m high and gently cut by tributary streams.
Nature
The river is protected within the Sieverski Donets National Park.
Sources
References
- ↑ "Словарь названий гидрографических объектов России и других стран — членов СНГ" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ↑ Географічна енциклопедія України: у трьох томах. Ф. С. Бабічев, О. М. Маринич. Kyiv. 1989–1993. ISBN 5-88500-015-8. OCLC 22983467.
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