Don River

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The Don River is a major river in southwestern Russia that flows from the Central Russian Upland to the Sea of Azov and has long held strategic and historical importance, including during World War II.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Don River canonical 101
Don River basin 13
Don River system 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
ancientName Tanais ⓘ
associatedWith Don Cossacks ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
connectedTo Volga River ⓘ
connectionType Volga–Don Canal ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
dischargesInto Sea of Azov ⓘ
drainageBasinArea approximately 425,600 square kilometers ⓘ
flowsDirection generally south ⓘ
flowsThrough Lipetsk Oblast ⓘ
Rostov Oblast ⓘ
Tula Oblast ⓘ
Volgograd Oblast ⓘ
Voronezh Oblast ⓘ
hasCanal Volga–Don Canal ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Stalingrad area operations ⓘ
World War II military operations ⓘ
historicalImportance trade route between interior Russia and Black Sea region ⓘ
historicalRegion Don Cossack region ⓘ
length approximately 1,160 miles ⓘ
approximately 1,870 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Southwestern Russia ⓘ
locatedOn East European Plain ⓘ
linked to: Russian Plain
majorCityOnRiver Azov ⓘ
Rostov-on-Don ⓘ
Voronezh ⓘ
mentionedIn ancient Greek and Roman sources ⓘ
mouth Sea of Azov ⓘ
navigable yes ⓘ
near Stalingrad (now Volgograd) ⓘ
linked to: Stalingrad
partOf Azov Sea basin ⓘ
riverSystem Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
sourceRegion Central Russian Upland ⓘ
strategicImportance major transport route ⓘ
military significance ⓘ
tributary Bystraya Sosna River ⓘ
Chir River ⓘ
Ilovlya River ⓘ
Khopyor River ⓘ
Medveditsa River ⓘ
Seversky Donets ⓘ
linked to: Siverskyi Donets

Voronezh River ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
inland navigation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (124)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sea of Azov → drainedByRiver → Don River ⓘ
European Russia → containsRiver → Don River ⓘ
Rostov-on-Don → locatedOnRiver → Don River ⓘ
Volgograd Oblast → locatedOn → Don River ⓘ
Middle Don offensive → location → Don River ⓘ
Volga–Don Canal → connects → Don River ⓘ
Volga–Don Canal → waterSource → Don River ⓘ
middle Don River → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ
middle Don River → riverSystem → Don River system ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Battle of the Don Bend → location → Don River bend ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Russian Plain → contains → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Southern Russia → hasMajorRiver → Don River ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Russia
Siverskyi Donets → partOf → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Siverskyi Donets → mouth → Don River ⓘ
Siverskyi Donets → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ
Rostov Oblast → hasMajorRiver → Don River ⓘ
Don River → riverSystem → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
River Sheaf → partOf → Don river system ⓘ
linked to: Don River
European Plain → drainedBy → Don River ⓘ
Operation Uranus → location → Don River bend ⓘ
subject linked to: Soviet Operation Uranus
linked to: Don River
Central Russian Upland → drainedBy → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Don River near Kalach-na-Donu → partOf → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Don River near Kalach-na-Donu → drainageBasin → Don River drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Kalach-na-Donu → locatedOnRiver → Don River ⓘ
Tsimlyansk Reservoir → inflow → Don River ⓘ
Tsimlyansk Reservoir → outflow → Don River ⓘ
Tsimlyansk Reservoir → partOf → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Novocherkassk → partOf → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Don region → namedAfter → Don River ⓘ
Don region → associatedWithRiver → Don River ⓘ
Don Cossacks → river → Don River ⓘ
Don Host Oblast → namedAfter → Don River ⓘ
Don Host Oblast → hasMajorRiver → Don River ⓘ
Chir → mouthRiver → Don River ⓘ
Chir → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ
Chir → partOf → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Chir → flowsInto → Don River ⓘ
Manych → connects → Don River basin ⓘ
linked to: Don River
Manych → tributaryOf → Don River ⓘ