page_title: Desna (river)
hierarchical_section_title: Desna (river)
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Dnepr River Basin, international version (english/kyrill)
context_page_description: The Desna is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left tributary of the Dnieper. The word means "right hand" in the Old East Slavic language. Its length is 1,130 km, and its drainage basin covers 88,900 km².
  In Ukraine, the river's width ranges from 60 to 250 metres, with its average depth being 3 m. The mean annual discharge at its mouth is 360 m³/s. The river freezes over from early December to early April, and is navigable from Novhorod-Siverskyi to its mouth, which totals about 535 km.
context_section_description: The Desna (Russian: Десна́; Ukrainian: Десна) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left tributary of the Dnieper. The word means "right hand" in the Old East Slavic language. Its length is 1,130 km (702 mi), and its drainage basin covers 88,900 km² (34,324 sq mi).
  In Ukraine, the river's width ranges from 60 to 250 metres (200 to 820 ft), with its average depth being 3 m (10 ft). The mean annual discharge at its mouth is 360 m³/s (13,000 cu ft/s). The river freezes over from early December to early April, and is navigable from Novhorod-Siverskyi to its mouth, which totals about 535 km (332 mi).
caption: The Dnieper and the Desna rivers' drainage basin. In this map, Belarus is shown in yellow, Russia in green and Ukraine in deep red.
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