Salhir River
The Salhyr or Salgir is the longest river of the Crimean Peninsula. Its length is 204 km, and its drainage basin is 3,750 km2. The average discharge of the water is 2 m3/s.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Crimea, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Sałgir”, “Salhyr”, and “Салгир, Крим”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arabat Spit and Liubymivka.
Arabat Spit
Locality
Photo: Herostratus, Public domain.
Salhir River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.64778° or 45° 38′ 52″ north
Longitude
35.00606° or 35° 0′ 22″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8GQQJ2X4+4C
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Salhir River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Salgir”
- Azerbaijani: “Salqir”
- Bashkir: “Салғыр”
- Belarusian: “Салгыр”
- Bulgarian: “Салгир”
- Cebuano: “Salhyr”
- Chinese: “薩爾吉爾河”
- Chuvash: “Салгир”
- Crimean Tatar: “Salğır”
- Crimean Tatar: “Salɣyr” (historical)
- Crimean Tatar: “Салгъыр”
- Croatian: “Salgir”
- Czech: “Salgir”
- Dutch: “Salgir”
- Eastern Mari: “Салгир”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سالهير”
- Erzya: “Салгир”
- Esperanto: “Salgiro”
- Estonian: “Salgir”
- French: “Salguir”
- French: “Salhir”
- French: “Salhyr”
- German: “Salhyr”
- Hebrew: “סלגיר”
- Hungarian: “Szalgir”
- Hungarian: “Szalhir”
- Irish: “Abhainn Salhir”
- Japanese: “サルヒール川”
- Kazakh: “Салғыр (өзен)”
- Kazakh: “Салғыр”
- Ladin: “Salgir”
- Latvian: “Salgira”
- Lithuanian: “Salhiras”
- Macedonian: “Салгир”
- Mingrelian: “სალგირი”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salhir”
- Persian: “رودخانه سالهیر”
- Polish: “Sałhir”
- Polish: “Sałhyr”
- Portuguese: “Rio Salgir”
- Russian: “Салгир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Salgir”
- Spanish: “Río Salgir”
- Tajik: “Дарёи солҳир”
- Tajik: “Салҳир”
- Turkish: “Salgır Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Salhir”
- Ukrainian: “Салгир”
- Ukrainian: “Салгір”
- Uzbek: “Salhyr”
- Venetian: “Fiume Salgir”
- Veps: “Salgir”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Salhyr”
- Welsh: “Afon Salhir”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Urochyshche Utyne and Urochyshche Patamanove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Syvash Sea and Arabat Spit.
Crimea: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Sevastopol and Simferopol.
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