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Chorna (river)

Coordinates: 44°28′N 33°51′E / 44.467°N 33.850°E / 44.467; 33.850
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Chorna
The mouth of the Chorna river at Inkerman
Native nameЧорна (Ukrainian)
Location
RegionCrimea
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationRodnikivske [uk]
 • coordinates44°27′48″N 33°51′36″E / 44.46333°N 33.86000°E / 44.46333; 33.86000
MouthSevastopol Bay
 • coordinates
44°36′29″N 33°35′54″E / 44.60806°N 33.59833°E / 44.60806; 33.59833
Length41 km (25 mi)
Basin size463 km2 (179 sq mi)
Map

The Chorna, Chyornaya[a] or Chorhun (Ukrainian: Чорна, Chorna, Russian: Чёрная, Chyornaya, Crimean Tatar: Çorğuna), which translates from the Ukrainian and Russian as "Black River", is a small river in southern Crimea. It is 34.5 km long.

The Chorna River begins in the Baydar Valley northeast of the small town of Rodnikivs'ke (44° 28' N 33° 51' EG), just west of which it flows into a reservoir. From there it continues in a westerly direction to the town of Inkerman (Belokamensk) where it enters the Bay of Sevastopol, on the southwest coast of the Crimean peninsula.

Inkerman was a key location during the Crimean War of 1853–1856 and the Chorna lends its name to the Battle of Chernaya (Chyornaya) River of 1855.

Notes

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  1. ^ Also romanised as Chernaya

References

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44°28′N 33°51′E / 44.467°N 33.850°E / 44.467; 33.850