Aidar
Native nameАйдар (Ukrainian)
Location
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Physical characteristics
MouthDonets
 • coordinates
48°42′27″N 39°11′48″E / 48.70750°N 39.19667°E / 48.70750; 39.19667
Length264 km (164 mi)
Basin size7,420 km2 (2,860 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionDonets→ Don→ Sea of Azov

The Aidar (Ukrainian: Айдар, Russian: Айдар) is a river in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. A left tributary of the Seversky Donets, it is 264 km (164 mi) long (with 256 km (159 mi) located within Ukraine) and has a basin area of 7,420 square kilometres (2,860 sq mi).[1][2][3][4][5] The slopes of the valley are partitioned with ravines and gorges. In the spring, snow melt accounts for approximately 70% of the flow. The average flow module is 1.7 litres • sec / km². The river freezes in December.

References

  1. ^ «Река Айдар (Адар, Айдор)», Russian State Water Registry
  2. ^ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. ^ "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (PDF) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  4. ^ "Айдар" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  5. ^ "Aidar River". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
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