Psel (river)

Psel (river)
The Psel or Psyol is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.
The Psel has a length of and a drainage basin of . The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.
Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel (from source to mouth):
Left: Ilyok Sinna Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka Bobrava, Borovenka Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka
Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk
Settlements
Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadiach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
Russia
Belgorod Oblast
Prokhorovsky District
Prigorki, Verkhnyaya Olshanka, Srednyaya Olshanka, Bugrovka, Beregovoye Vtoroye, Prelestnoye, Andreyevka, Vasilyevka, Yudinka, Kostroma, Vesyoly
Ivnyansky District
Olkhovatka, Cherenovo, Peschanoye, Samarino
Kursk Oblast
Oboyansky District
Peresyp, Semyonovka, Shipy, Znobilovka Kamynino, Goryaynovo, Afanasyevo, Oboyan, Trubezh, Anakhino, Lunino, Turovka, Gremyachka, Kartamyshevo, Shmyrevo
Belovsky District
Kurochino, Kursk Oblast, Gochevo, Strigosly, Bobrava, Loshakovka, Korochka, Peschanoye, Sukhodol, Giryi, Belitsa, Kursk
Sudzhansky District
Spalnoye, Borki, Fanseyevka, Kurilovka, Guyevo, Gornal
Ukraine
Sumy Oblast
Krasnopillia Raion
Zapsillya, Myropyllia, Velyka Rybytsya, Hrunivka
Sumy Raion
Bytytsya, Pushkarivka, Velika Chernechchyna, Zelenyi, Homyne, Sumy Rayon, Sumy, Barvinkove
Lebedyn Raion
Chervone, Nyzy, Patriotivka, Kerdylivshchyna, Staronove, Byshkin, Tokari, Kulyky, Kurgan, Chervlene, Prystailove Kamyane
Poltava Oblast
Myrhorod Raion
Plishyvets, Duchyntsi, Brovarki, Hadiach, Velbyvka, Mali Budyshcha, Sosnivka, Rashivka, Lysivka, Mlyny, Pereviz, Mala Obukhivka, Velyka Obukhivka, Panasivka, Savyntsi, Velyki Sorochintsy
Shyshaky Raion
Malyi Pereviz, Pokrovske, Baranivka, Velykyi Pereviz, Shyshaky, Yaresky, Nyzhni Yaresky
Velyka Bahachka Raion
Psilske, Velyka Bahachka, Harnokut, Luhove, Dzyubivshchyna, Krasnohorivka, Herusivka, Balakliya, Kolosivka, Ostapye, Zapsillya, Pidhirya
Reshetylivka Raion
Sukhorabivka
Kremenchuk Raion
Popivka, Zamozhne, Manzheliya, Lamane
Kozelshchyna Raion
Plavni, Prylipka, Kyselivka, Hovtva, Zahrebellya, Yurky, Nyzhnya Manuilivka, Pisky, Knyshivka
Kremenchuk Raion
, Zapsyllya, Omelnyk, Fedorenky, Kramarenky, Romanky, Onyshenky, Shcherbaky, Potoky, Pridnipryanske, Kuzmenky, Kyyashky,
Flora and fauna
The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.
In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch
Notes
References
Rivers of Belgorod Oblast
Rivers of Kursk Oblast
Rivers of Poltava Oblast
Rivers of Sumy Oblast