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	Desna River
		River, the river abruptly widens, splitting into numerous branches.
		Oster the Desna continues its course through a low, muddy plain until it reaches the Dnieper.
		In Ukraine the width of the river ranges from 60 to 250 m; its average depth is 3 m.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/D/E/DesnaRiver.htm (134 words)

	About Ukraine
		The famous Dnipro River trade route "from the Varangians to the Greeks" ran through Kyiv, and the Zalizny route led to the Sea of Azov as well.
		In the 11th century, two monks settled in the hills to the south of the city of Kyiv, and eventually a cave monastery was established in the area.
		The Dnipro River is the major river in the country and the third longest in Europe.
	www.dompavlov.com /aboutukraine.htm (982 words)

	Ramsar Sites Database
		The Desna river floodplains include permanent rivers and streams which form a well-developed river network, seasonal freshwater lakes (numerous former riverbeds, meanders, lakes, oxbows), mires and floodplain meadows, forested peatlands and canals and drainage channels.
		The river network is composed of numerous former riverbeds, meanders, lakes, mires and floodplain areas due to high precipitations, the considerable module of river runoff and geomorphologic pecualarities of the region.
		Mires of the Desna floodplains and floodplain meadows are peaty.
	www.wetlands.org /RSIS/_COP9Directory/Directory/3UA028.html (1026 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Desna River
		Desna is a river in Russia and Ukraine, left tributary of the Dnieper.
		In Ukraine, the river's width ranges from 60 to 250 meters, with its average depth being 3 m (10 ft).
		The river's source lies eastsoutheast from the city of Smolensk and not far from Yelnya in a forest near the village of Naleti.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Desna_River (315 words)

	River Systems of the World
		River water is diverted for agricultural irrigation, industry, hygiene, and related uses.
		Where possible, diverted water may be returned to the river clean and near the point of diversion; specifically, some municipal water supplies treat their sewage and return fairly clean water to the river.
		Rivers can also be barriers to land transportation.
	www.rev.net /~aloe/river (474 words)

	About Kiev
		The city arose of the frontier between the forest and forest-steppe zones, in a place where trade between tribes was lively.
		The city is cituated on the river Dnieper - one of the most important navigation arteries in Europe, part of the ancient trade route "from the Varangians the the Greeks".
		It is also the place where the Desna river flows into the Dnieper.
	www.kievhotelservice.com /kiev.html (453 words)

	Cheap flights to Kiev, Ukraine - Compare prices on Kiev flights, flight tickets, Ukraine.
		The city is adjoined by the mouth of the Desna River and the Kiev Reservoir in the north, and the Kaniv Reservoir in the south.
		Both the Dnieper and Desna rivers are navigable at Kiev, although regulated by the reservoir shipping locks and limited by winter freeze-over.
		Since the lakes and rivers freeze over in the winter, ice fishermen are frequently seen, as are children with their ice skates.
	www.go2fly.co.uk /kiev (1627 words)

	About Kiev
		The city arose of the frontier between the forest and forest-steppe zones, in a place where trade between tribes was lively.
		The city is cituated on the river Dnieper - one of the most important navigation arteries in Europe, part of the ancient trade route "from the Varangians the the Greeks".
		It is also the place where the Desna river flows into the Dnieper.
	www.kievlodging.com /kiev.html (453 words)

	Dnieper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The river desna is a major first order tributary of the Dnieper, rising also in the smolensk region, but entering the Dnieper in ukrain near the city of kyiv.
		Loadings of major pollutants discharged into the desna river from the town of bryansk for the period 1991-1994 are shown in table 1.3.
		Moreover, the Dnieper river is the main-and often the only-source of water supply for the large industrial zones located in the south and the south-east of Ukraine.
	www.ecdc.net.cn /Invest/dnieper/4.htm (8610 words)

	Desna - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Desna (Десна́) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, left tributary of the Dnieper.
		The name of the river means "right hand" in Old East Slavic language.
		Desna is also the popular name for the R-9 Desna, an intercontinental ballistic missile operated by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Desna_River (101 words)

	About Russia
		The rivers in the Bryansk region are belong to Dnepr river basin.
		The longest river is Desna, inflow of the Dnepr river, source is near Nalety village (Smolensk region), flows into Dnepr river 6 km from Kiev, Ukraine, 1187 km.
		Besed and Iput rivers are inflows of the Sozh river, flows on the West of the Bryansk region.
	www.geocities.com /rusreg2002/bryansk01.htm (1658 words)

	Desna River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, left tributary of Dnepr.
		The name of the river means "right hand" in old-slavic language.
		Desna has 18 right and 13 left tributaries, the most significant are:
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/d/de/desna_river.html (58 words)

	Dnepr monitoring of "raw-water"
		The river Dnepr and its tributary Desna are the main drinking water sources for Ukraine and its capital Kiev.
		Usually high concentration of phytoplankton (algae and cyanobacteria) in the raw water, as observed in the Dnepr and in the Desna river, lead to a severe contamination of drinking water after chlorination.
		The Kakhovka dam is the last dam on the river, lying at the lower end of this chain of hydraulic monuments built along lower Dnepr.
	de.geocities.com /ecology_lab_kiev/basin/raw-water.htm (1697 words)

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		Located on the northern bank of the Desna River, 130 km (80 mi) northeast of Kyiv, Chernihiv is an economic and cultural center.
		The city has an airport and a river port, and it serves as a rail junction and a highway hub.
		One of the oldest cities in Ukraine, Chernihiv was the center of the tribe of Siveryane.
	www.match-ru.com /chernigov.shtml (384 words)

	Wild River Review - Volume 1 Number 1
		Alexander Dovzhenko was born into a peasant family in the Desna River area in Northeast Ukraine in 1894.
		I’m sailing down the river while overhead the world floats past me. The spring clouds race carelessly through the sky, and beneath them wing birds of passage — ducks, gulls, cranes.
		And his hands were a piece of bread up to his chin so that nothing spilled onto the tablecloth spread on the grass close to the Desna.
	www.wildriverreview.com /1/wnt2006-essays_desna.html (2125 words)

	OsĂk u LitomyĹˇle
		Osik has about 1.000 inhabitans and it is the last village on Desna River before its inlet into Loucna River.
		There are two ponds on Desna River, one, which is called Village Pond (Vesni rybnik), is in the village and one, which is called Meadow Pond (Lucni rybnik), is in nice Osik Valley northwest to the village.
		Another monument is a stone bridge across Desna River with two statues on each edge.
	www.osik.cz /index_e.php (291 words)

	Britannicaindia.com: Britannica Browse
		It lies in the Itajai-Mirim River valley and is located about 16 miles (25 km) southwest of...
		It is located in the valley of the Senne (Flemish: Zenne) River, a small...
		Bryanka is located on the Lozovaya River, a tributary of the Luhan River, in the Donets Basin.
	www.britannicaindia.com /britannica_browse/b/b60.html (1590 words)

	Jizera Mountains and Ještěd Ridge - Route - Desná - Jizerka
		The route starts in Desná near the bus station and leads through the valley of river Bílá Desná to the centre of the town near the bridge.
		Than the route continues at the left side of river on the wood-road to the ruin of breached dam.
		After the crossing the river, the route leads to the Vlašský ridge and than down to village Jizerka.
	www.ceskehory.cz /jizerskehory/mesta_gb.asp?id=304&wnd=new (94 words)

	Search Results for "Desna"
		...Chernihiv region, in N Ukraine, on the Desna River.
		It is a rail junction, a river port, and an air and highway transport hub.
		...One of the longest rivers in Europe, it rises in the Valdai Hills, W of Moscow.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Desna (158 words)

	Dnieper — FactMonster.com
		One of the longest rivers in Europe, it rises in the Valdai Hills, W of Moscow.
		Its tributaries include the Berezina, the Pripyat, and the Inhulets from the west and the Sozh, the Desna, the Orel, and the Samara from the east.
		Known as Borysthenes to the ancients, the river was (9th–11th cent.) a commercial route for the Vikings, Slavs, and Byzantines.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0815714.html (203 words)

	Travel Information About Chernihiv, Ukraine from U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers
		The city is situated on the banks of the Desna River, 141 kilometers north of Kyiv and has a population of 300,000.
		This forested park juts up away from the city itself and towers over the Desna River and is a favorite place to visit that provides a spectacular view.
		Not far from Chernihiv to the north is the ancient Ukrainian village of Sedniv, situated on the snow river tributary of the Desna.
	www.pcukraine.org /tourism/display.php?site=Chernihiv&oblast=Chernihivska&PHPSESSID=eda66045787dababe138ceb3dcc1c8f7 (2238 words)

	СРАЖЕНИЕ ЗА КИЕВ
		By the end of August on open right flank of Soviet Southwest Front, on the Desna river (in area to the north and northwest of Konotop), new 40th Soviet Army was created.
		Two battalions of 62nd RD was put task to liquidate seized by 2nd German Army bridge-head on Desna river in Vibli area (southeast of Chernigov).
		The Chernigov direction: the opponent, came to the river Desna on site Avdeevka, Vibly, aspires by forces over two divisions impact around of city of Chernigov and to leave for rear on the communications of 5th Soviet Army.
	hwar1941.narod.ru /ekiev.htm (1959 words)

	Parks and lanscapes in the Bryansk Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Desna, the largest river in region, is the the most beautiful rivers in Europe.
		The poets of different times compared the streams of Bryansk rivers to sounding chords, to threads of sunshine, they compared the rivers' waves to cherished reminiscences, they called their channels as glassy and their moisture as fairy...
		Not only the Bryansk rivers can to fascinate any traveller by their beauty; a lot of the small lakes, channels, former river-beds are graceful, too.
	www.bryanskobl.ru /~press/parks/parks4e.html (502 words)

	Wild Russia- a look at the Bryansky Les Zapovednik
		The Bryansk Forest is a 150 km long band of forest that extends along the left bank of the Desna River, into Ukraine.
		The zapovednik is situated at the southern end of the Bryansk Forest, and is bisected by the Nerussa River, a tributary of the Desna.
		The Desna River is one of the last free-flowing rivers on the European continent.
	www.wild-russia.org /bioregion2/2-bryansky/2_bryans.htm (1306 words)

	Oster River at AllExperts
		The Oster River () is a river in the northern Ukrainian oblast of Chernihiv.
		The river is the left branch of the Desna River.
		It is connected by canals and streams with the Trubizh River, which flows southwest from Kiev into the Dnieper River.
	en.allexperts.com /e/o/os/oster_river.htm (144 words)

	The House of Ice: The Battle of Kiev
		The Dnieper River, which passes through Kiev, runs from the city of Orsha (about 10 miles northeast of Minsk) in the North and ends straight down to the Black Sea in the South.
		In a map, the river Desna protects the rear entrance to Kiev while the Dnieper is the main line of defence.
		The Russian 5th Army on the opposite bank of the river Desna and the 13th, 21st and the 40th Russian army stationed between the two rivers as mobile reserves against the German Army Group South approaching Kiev from the west and south.
	houseofice.tripod.com /history/kiev.shtml (1778 words)

	Nature reserves (zapovidnyky) in Ukraine, forests, environment by Olga Zyrina.
		The first plant community is characterized by riparian floodplain vegetation of the Desna river and its tributaries intercepted with forest patches.
		The area of Roztochchya Reserve is the main watershed for the rivers of the Black and Baltic Seas.
		The Dunaiskii Biosphere Reserve (#4) is located in the Kiliy district of Odessa region in the flood plains of the Danube river delta.
	oregonstate.edu /~peremysv/ukraine/reserve1.htm (3451 words)

	Ukraine Placement List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is situated on the banks of one of the most beautiful rivers in Ukraine - the Dnieper, 100 km to the south-east of Kyiv andendash; the capital of Ukraine.
		Sunbathing and swimming in the Dnieper River and the lake are possible.
		It's situated on the river banks in the middle of pine forest in the Orlovschina village.
	www.volunteering.org.au /ukraine_p.html (5296 words)

	Desna - Encyclopedia.com
		Desna, river, c.740 mi (1,190 km) long, Russia and Ukraine.
		Rising SE of Smolensk, the Desna flows S and SW past Bryansk and Chernihiv, joining the Dnieper above Kiev.
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	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Desna.html (325 words)

	Images Of The Day - Flooding in Western Russia - RedOrbit
		As the ground begins to thaw and snow melts, the Dnieper River and its tributaries have swollen with spring run-off.
		Four major rivers are shown running into the Dnieper, the large river that forms the trunk of this tree-like structure.
		On the far right is the Desna River, with the Seym River branching off of it.
	www.redorbit.com /images/images-of-the-day?image_id=327 (229 words)

	EO Natural Hazards: Flooding in Western Russia
		Springtime runoff in the south and ice jams in the north were pushing the rivers in Central Russia past capacity.
		Around the city of Bryansk in southwestern Russia, the Desna River was brimming over flood height.
		The previous fall, before the clouds and snows of winter obscured the river in satellite images, the Desna appeared as a thin green line.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=12058 (188 words)

	Amazon.com: "Oka River": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Centred around the upper Volga and Oka River basins, its territories were bounded by Novgorod to the north and west, Smolensk to the south-west, and Chernigov and Riazan'...
		The site of Sun-{sir', which is located along it tributary of the Oka River at Vladimir in northern Russia at 56 degrees North, is one of the most remarkable Paleolithic sites in the world...
		River Oaks in Austin -- 1-2-3 Moveforfree to River Oaks in Austin, TX.
	amazon.com /phrase/Oka-River (525 words)

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