Sula (Dnieper)

Sula
Native name	Сула
Location
Country	Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sumy Oblast
Mouth	Dnieper
• coordinates	49°33′19″N 32°45′16″E / 49.5553°N 32.7544°E / 49.5553; 32.7544
Length	363 km (226 mi)
Basin size	19,600 km2 (7,600 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	29 m3[1]
Basin features
Progression	Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• right	Romen, Uday

The Sula (Ukrainian: Сула) is a left tributary of the Dnieper with a total length of 363 kilometres (226 mi) and a drainage basin of 19,600 square kilometres (7,600 sq mi).^[1][2][3][4]

The river flows into the Dnieper through the Kremenchuk Reservoir, with which it forms a large delta with numerous islands, on which rare kinds of birds live. An important tributary is the Uday, smaller ones being Orzhytsya, Sliporid, Romen and Tern.

Large cities located on the river are Romny, Lokhvytsia and Lubny.

1. ^ ^{a b} "Сула (река, приток Днепра)" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
2. ^ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
3. ^ "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
4. ^ "Sula River". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
5. ^ Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003: 320.
6. ^ Yu.N. Drozdov, 2008, Türkic Ethnonymy Of European Peoples, Moscow, "Reliance", ISBN 978-5-904215-04-0, p.247

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