Psel (river)


The Psel is a river, a left tributary of the Dnipro River, which flows through Russia and Ukraine.
The Psel has a length of and a drainage basin of. The river's right bank is high and steep, unlike the low, left bank. Its periods of freezing range from December until the end of February to the beginning of April.

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Psel :
Left: Ilyok, Pena, Udava, Rybytsia, Sinna, Syrovatka, Ustya, Lehan, Vilshanka, Budylka, Bobrava, Borovenka, Vepryk, Bobryk, Tukh, Glinitsa, Bakai, Lyutenka, Hrun-Tashan, Hovtva, Rudka
Right: Sudzha, Porozok, Oleshnia, Sumka, Vorozhba, Mezhyrichka, Hrun, Rashevka, Vuzka, Vovnianka, Balakliyka, Khorol, Manzheliya, Omelnyk, Belichka, Bahachka, Sukhyi Kahamlyk

Settlements

Cities and towns located on the river are: Sumy, Ukraine, the administrative center of the Sumy Oblast; Oboyan, Kursk Oblast, Russia; and Hadyach, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.

[Russia]

The fauna on the riversides of the Psel includes hares, foxes, deer and wild boar, beavers. There are a great variety of birds, such as wild duck, gray heron. Along the riversides there are forest areas, are predominantly deciduous trees. There are also conifers on the sandy areas of the bank. There are also numerous meadows.
In the river there are about 50 species of fish such as crucian, bream, tench, roach, etc. There are also catfish, pike, perch.