Donets
The Seversky Donets or Siverskyi Donets, usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine and then again through Russia to join the river Don, about 100 km from the Sea of Azov.
- Type: Locality
- Description: river in Ukraine and Russia, tributary of the Don River
- Also known as: “Afon Donets”, “Doněc”, “Doneţ”, “Donets River”, “Donets septentrional”, “Donets-rivier”, “Donetsk Nehri”, “Donetskoye”, “Donetz”, “Donez”, “Gerrhos”, “Kleiner Don”, “Râul Doneţ”, “Rio Severski Donets”, “Río Séverski Donéts”, “Rio Seversky Donets”, “Riu Síverskyi Donets”, “Rivière Donets”, “Severní Donec”, “Séverskii Donets”, “Severskii Doniets”, “Séverskii Doniets”, “Severskij Donec”, “Severskij Doněc”, “Severskij Donets”, “Séverskiy Doniets”, “Severský Donec”, “Severský Doněc”, “Seversky Donets”, “Seversky Donets River”, “Severskyj Donets”, “Sewerski Donez”, “Šiaurinis Donecas”, “Siverskîi Doneț”, “Siverskij Donets”, “Siverskiy Donets”, “Síverskiy Donets”, “Siverský Donec”, “Siversky Donets”, “Síversky Donets”, “Siverskyi Donets”, “Siverskyj Donets”, “Siverskyy Donets”, “Siwierskyj Doniec”, “Донец Северский”, “Донець”, “Північний Донець”, “Река Северски Доњец”, “Сев. Донец”, “Северной Донец”, “Сиверский Донец”, “Сиргис”, “Сіверський Дінець”, “Танаіс”, “სევერსკი დონეცი”, “سورسکی دونتس”, “도네츠 강”, “ドニェーツ川”, and “北頓內次河”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donets and Bolshoye.
Bolshoye
Village
Bolshoye is a rural locality in Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Bolshoye is situated 4 km southwest of Donets.
Zarnitsy
Hamlet
Zarnitsy is a rural locality in Prokhorovsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Zarnitsy is situated 4½ km north of Donets.
Donets
- Category: river
- Location: Belgorod Oblast, Chernozemye, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.96151° or 50° 57′ 41″ north
Longitude
37.02789° or 37° 1′ 40″ east
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Open location code
9G2VX26H+J5
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Donets” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Donets”
- Amharic: “ሰቨርስኪ ዶኔትስ ወንዝ”
- Arabic: “نهر سيفيرسكي دونتس”
- Arabic: “نهر سيفيرسكي دونيتس”
- Armenian: “Սևերսկի Դոնեց”
- Asturian: “Ríu Donets”
- Basque: “Donets”
- Belarusian: “Северскі Данец”
- Bosnian: “Severski Donjec”
- Bulgarian: “Северски Донец”
- Bulgarian: “Северский Донец”
- Catalan: “Síverski Donets”
- Cebuano: “Severskiy Donets”
- Chechen: “Северски Донец”
- Chinese: “頓內次河”
- Chinese: “頓涅茨河”
- Chinese: “顿涅茨河”
- Chuvash: “Çурçĕр Донец”
- Chuvash: “Север Донец”
- Croatian: “Sjeverni Donjec”
- Czech: “Severní Doněc”
- Danish: “Donets”
- Dutch: “Donets”
- Dutch: “Severski Donets”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيفيرسكى دونتس”
- Esperanto: “Donec”
- Estonian: “Donets”
- Finnish: “Donets”
- French: “Donets”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთის დონეცი”
- German: “Siwerskyj Donez”
- Greek: “Ντονέτς”
- Greek: “Ντόνετς”
- Hebrew: “סוורסקי דונץ”
- Hindi: “डोनेट्स”
- Hungarian: “Donyec”
- Icelandic: “Donets”
- Irish: “Donets”
- Italian: “Donec”
- Italian: “Sivers’kyj Donec‘”
- Japanese: “ドネツ川”
- Kazakh: “Северский Донец”
- Korean: “세베르스키도네츠강”
- Korean: “시베르스키도네츠강”
- Ladin: “Donets”
- Latin: “Tanais Minor”
- Latvian: “Severskijdoņeca”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Rio Donets”
- Lithuanian: “Donecas”
- Macedonian: “Донец”
- Maithili: “डोनेट्स”
- Malagasy: “Donets”
- Manx: “Donets”
- Mingrelian: “ოორუეშ დონეცი”
- Mongolian: “Донец гол”
- Mongolian: “Донец”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donets”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Donets”
- Norwegian: “Donets”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Donets”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Danaisincel”
- Ossetian: “Северы Донец”
- Persian: “رود دونتس”
- Persian: “سیورسکی دونتس”
- Polish: “Doniec”
- Portuguese: “Rio Donets”
- Romanian: “Râul Doneț”
- Russian: “Донец”
- Russian: “Северский Донец”
- Rusyn: “Сіверьскый Донець”
- Scots: “Donets”
- Serbian: “Severski Donjec”
- Serbian: “Северски Доњец”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Severski Donjec”
- Slovak: “Donec”
- Slovak: “Siverskyj Donec”
- Slovenian: “Donec”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیورسکی دونتس چایی”
- Spanish: “Donets”
- Spanish: “Río Donets”
- Swedish: “Donets”
- Tatar: “Шәмәли Тынык”
- Turkish: “Donets Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Сіверський Донець”
- Uzbek: “Severskiy Donets”
- Venetian: “Fiume Donets”
- Vietnamese: “Donets”
- Welsh: “Afon Severski Donets”
- Wu Chinese: “北顿涅茨河”
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