Voronezh River
Encyclopedia
Voronezh is a river
in Tambov
, Lipetsk
, and Voronezh Oblast
s in Russia
, a left tributary
of the Don. The Voronezh River is 342 km in length. The area of its drainage basin
is 21,600 km². It freezes up in the first half of December and stays under the ice until late March. The lower reaches of the river are navigable. The cities of Lipetsk
and Voronezh
are located on the Voronezh River.
Going upstream, it leaves the Don south of Voronezh and goes north parallel and east of the Don for about 150 km. West of Michurinsk
it swings east and splits into the Lesnoy and Polny Voronezh Rivers ('Forest and Field Voronezh'). These go north about 75 km to the border of Ryazansk Oblast. To the north are tributaries of the Oka River
. To the east are the basins of the south-flowing Bityug River
which joins the Don and the north-flowing Tsna River (Moksha basin)
which reaches the Oka via the Moksha.
The river is named for an earlier town destroyed by the Mongol invasion, whose name in turn was borrowed from a place name in the Principality of Chernigov, derived from the personal name Voroneg. From the 1650s the Belgorod Line of forts ran along the Voronezh. In 1706 Peter the Great built boats along the Voronezh and sailed them down the Don to attack the Turkish fortress of Azov.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in Tambov
Tambov Oblast
Tambov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. Population: down from 1,178,443 recorded by the 2002 Census.Tambov Oblast is situated in forest steppe.-Birth rate:...
, Lipetsk
Lipetsk Oblast
Lipetsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia which was formed on January 6, 1954. Its administrative center is the city of Lipetsk...
, and Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh Oblast
Voronezh Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on June 13, 1934.-Main rivers:*Don*Voronezh*Bityug*Khopyor-Economy:...
s in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, a left tributary
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Don. The Voronezh River is 342 km in length. The area of its drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
is 21,600 km². It freezes up in the first half of December and stays under the ice until late March. The lower reaches of the river are navigable. The cities of Lipetsk
Lipetsk
Lipetsk is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow.-History:...
and Voronezh
Voronezh
Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...
are located on the Voronezh River.
Going upstream, it leaves the Don south of Voronezh and goes north parallel and east of the Don for about 150 km. West of Michurinsk
Michurinsk
Michurinsk , before 1932—Kozlov , is the second most populous town in Tambov Oblast, Russia. Population: It was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line. A 25-km earthen wall was built eastward across the open steppe effectively blocking the Nogai Trail, a Tatar raiding...
it swings east and splits into the Lesnoy and Polny Voronezh Rivers ('Forest and Field Voronezh'). These go north about 75 km to the border of Ryazansk Oblast. To the north are tributaries of the Oka River
Oka River
Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga. Its length exceeds...
. To the east are the basins of the south-flowing Bityug River
Bityug River
Bityug River is a river in the Voronezh Oblast in Russia, left tributary of the Don River. The upper reaches of the river are located in the Tambov Oblast. The length of the Bityug is 379 km. The area of its basin is 8,840 km². There are more than 400 lakes in the Bityug basin. The river freezes...
which joins the Don and the north-flowing Tsna River (Moksha basin)
Tsna River (Moksha basin)
Tsna is a river in Tambov Oblast and Ryazan Oblast of Russia, a left tributary of the Moksha River. 451 kilometers in length, it runs through the cities of Tambov and Morshansk....
which reaches the Oka via the Moksha.
The river is named for an earlier town destroyed by the Mongol invasion, whose name in turn was borrowed from a place name in the Principality of Chernigov, derived from the personal name Voroneg. From the 1650s the Belgorod Line of forts ran along the Voronezh. In 1706 Peter the Great built boats along the Voronezh and sailed them down the Don to attack the Turkish fortress of Azov.