Seym (river)

River in Russia and Ukraine

51°09′50″N 37°13′58″E / 51.16389°N 37.23278°E / 51.16389; 37.23278 MouthDesna

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51°27′34″N 32°33′50″E / 51.45944°N 32.56389°E / 51.45944; 32.56389Length748 km (465 mi)Basin size27,500 km² (10,600 sq mi)Discharge • average99.6 m³/s^[1] Basin featuresProgressionDesna→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black SeaTributaries • leftReut, Vyr • rightTuskar, Svapa, Kleven Map

The Seym or Seim (Russian: Сейм; Ukrainian: Сейм) is a river that flows westward in Russia and Ukraine. It is 748 kilometres (465 mi) long (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about 27,500 square kilometres (10,600 sq mi). It is the largest tributary of the Desna.^[2]^[3]^[1]^[4]

Places on the river include Kursk, Kurchatov,^{[citation needed]} Rylsk, Glushkovo,^[5] Putyvl, Baturyn, and the junction with the Desna, which continues west and south past Chernihiv to Kyiv.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Сейм (река)" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (PDF) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^ "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.
^ "Seim River". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^ "Ukraine 'destroys bridge' in Russia's Kursk region". Canberra Times. 16 August 2024.