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 28
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 (51)

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
Tsimlyansk Reservoir partOf Don River basin
linked to: Don River
Novocherkassk partOf Don River basin
linked to: Don River
Chir partOf Don River basin
linked to: Don River
Manych connects Don River basin
linked to: Don River
Manych partOf Don River drainage basin
linked to: Don River
Voronezh Oblast hasMajorRiver Don River
Voronezh River mouth Don River
Voronezh River tributaryOf Don River
Voronezh River partOf Don River basin
linked to: Don River
Voronezh River riverSystem Don River system
linked to: Don River
lower Don River locatedIn Don River valley
linked to: Don River
Khopyor tributaryOf Don River
Khopyor mouth Don River
Khopyor partOf Don River basin
linked to: Don River
Khopyor hasHydrologicalSystem Don River system
linked to: Don River
Srubnaya culture locatedIn Don River basin
linked to: Don River
Azov locatedOnRiver Don River
Azov isPortOn Don River
Azov locatedNearMouthOf Don River
Lipetsk Oblast hasMajorRiver Don River
Medveditsa partOf Don River basin
linked to: Don River