Desna River

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Desna River

Desna River (Десна) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, left tributary of the Dnieper. Its length is 1,130 km (702 mi), and its drainage basin covers 88,900 km2 (34,324 sq mi). The Desna River originates in the Smolensk Heights of Smolensk Oblast, Russia. The river freezes over from early December to early April, and is navigable from Novhorod-Siverskyi to its mouth, which totals about 535 km (332 mi).
It flows through Bryansk, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv. The most significant tributaries are: Bolva (Болва), Sudost (Судость), Seim, Nerussa, Snov, Oster (Остер), Stryzhen.