Konka (river)
The Konka is a left tributary of the Dnieper, flowing through the Zaporizhia Oblast. It is long, and has a drainage basin of. Among cities that located on the river are Polohy, Orikhiv and others.
The name is a local adaptation of the Crimean Tatar name of the river Yilki Su which means a water of wild horses. At the mouth of the river was located a residence of Beylerbey Mamai. In 18th century it served as a border between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
