Saksahan

Saksahan
River
The Saksahan in Kryvyi Rih
Country Ukraine
Oblasts Dnipropetrovsk
Towns/Cities Kryvyi Rih
Source
 - coordinates UA 48°15′41″N 34°06′08″E / 48.2613°N 34.1022°E / 48.2613; 34.1022
Mouth Inhulets River
 - coordinates UA 47°32′06″N 33°11′45″E / 47.5351°N 33.1959°E / 47.5351; 33.1959Coordinates: UA 47°32′06″N 33°11′45″E / 47.5351°N 33.1959°E / 47.5351; 33.1959
Length 144 km (89 mi)
Basin 2,025 km2 (782 sq mi)

Saksahan - a river in Ukraine, in the southeastern part of the Dnieper Upland, within Verhnedniprovsk, Pyatihatskoy, St. Sophia and the Kryvyi Rih districts of Dnepropetrovsk region. Left tributary of Inhulets (Dnieper basin).

The name is derived, according to some sources from the Turkic word «Saxagan» - «magpie».

Source of the river, in the modern territorial division, located in the village of Maloaleksandrovka, Verhnedniprovsk raion, Dnipropetrovsk region, situated at an altitude of 140 meters above sea level.

The length of the river (river basin) 144 km (according to other sources has a total length of 130 kilometers), the width of the river bed in an average of 5 - 15 meters, plёsah places expands to 20 - 40 (29 to 40) meters (watershed line - 250 km).

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