The Dneiper Riverof eastern central Europe is one of the longest rivers in Europe. It rises west of Moscow and flows south through Belarus and Ukraine, emptying into the Black Sea after a course of 1,420 mi (2,285 km). More than 300 hydroelectric plants operate in the Dnieper basin, and it has several huge dams. Navigable for about 1,042 mi (1,677 km) during the 10 months of the year when it is not frozen, it is an important shipping artery for eastern Europe.
The Dnieper's last 800 kilometres before it flows into the Black Sea is an almost consecutive chain of reservoirs, all of them being located in Ukraine. They were built along with the river's hydroelectric stations during the Soviet Union, and are used to generate hydroelectric power, providing around ten percent of Ukraine's electricity. The reservoirs include: Kiev (922 kmē), Kaniv (675 kmē), Kremenchuk (2,250 kmē), Dniprodzerzhynsk (567 kmē), Dnieper (420 kmē), and Kakhovka (2,155 kmē). The dams forming these are used to generate hydroelectric power.
Cities and towns on the Dnieper
Satellite image of the Dnieper and its tributaries.
Cities and towns located on the Dnieper are listed from the river's source (in Russia) to its mouth (in Ukraine):
- Dorogobuzh, Russia
- Smolensk, Russia
- Orsha, Belarus
- Shklow, Belarus
- Mahilyow, Belarus
- Bychaw, Belarus
- Rahachow, Belarus
- Zhlobin, Belarus
- Rechytsa, Belarus
- Kiev, Ukraine
- Kaniv, Ukraine
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- Cherkasy, Ukraine
- Kremenchuk, Ukraine
- Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine
- Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
- Zaporizhia, Ukraine
- Marhanets, Ukraine
- Nikopol, Ukraine
- Enerhodar, Ukraine
- Kamianka-Dniprovska, Ukraine
- Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine
- Kherson, Ukraine
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