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  Dnieper - LoveToKnow 1911
DNIEPER, one of the most important rivers of Europe (the Borysthenes of the Greeks, Danapris of the Romans, Uzi or Uzu of the Turks, Eksi of the Tatars, Elice of Visconti's map (1381), Lerene of Contarini (1437), Luosen of Baptista of Genoa (1514), and Lussem in the same century).
Of the tributaries of the Dnieper the following are navigable, - the Berezina and the Pripet from the right, and the Sozh and the Desna from the left.
By means of the Dnieper-Bug (King's) canal, and the Berezina and Oginski canals, this river has a sort of water connexion with the Baltic Sea.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dnieper   (494 words)

  
 Dnieper - Encyclopedia.com
Known as Borysthenes to the ancients, the river was (9th-11th cent.) a commercial route for the Vikings, Slavs, and Byzantines.
The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Ukraine: new radiocarbon determinations for the cemeteries of the Dnieper Rapids Region.
Mesolithic culture to the west of the Dnieper (Markevich 1974; Tringham 1969, 1971).
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Dnieper.html   (1075 words)

  
  Dnieper River
The Dnieper is a typical river of the plains, sloping gently and flowing slowly.
Thus, the water regime of the Dnieper is determined in the basin of the upper Dnieper and is not enriched downstream.
The further development of the Dnieper waterway was connected with implementation of a series of proposals that fell under the heading of the Great Dnieper and were worked out at the beginning of the 20th century.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/D/N/DnieperRiver.htm   (3584 words)

  
 Battle of the Lower Dnieper information - Search.com
The World War II Battle of the Lower Dnieper of 1943 is considered to be one of the largest battles in world history, involving almost 4,000,000 men on both sides and stretching on a front 1400 kilometers wide.
Dnieper is the third largest river in Europe, second only to Volga and Danube.
The first bridgehead on Dnieper's right shore was established on 22 September 1943 at the confluence of Dnieper and Pripyat rivers, in the northern part of the front.
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 DNIEPER - Online Information article about DNIEPER
DNIEPER, one of the most important See also:
Bug, and for a distance of about 25 M. rapid succeeds rapid.
The Dnieper, having got clear of the rocks, continues south-west through the grassy plains of See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /DIO_DRO/DNIEPER.html   (775 words)

  
 Dniepr River Basin - UNEP/DEWA~Europe > Publication > Freshwater in Europe
The Dnieper is the third longest river in Europe, and the second longest river flowing into the Black Sea.
It represents an important shipping artery for Eastern Europe; the navigable tributaries of the Dnieper are the Berezina, the Pripet, the Sozh and the Desna.
The environmental and human health problems both in the Dnieper Basin and the Black Sea region as a whole are worsened by large-scale development of timberland, and draining of waterlogged lands for agriculture, and the intensive growth of cities where sewage purification is insufficient.
www.grid.unep.ch /product/publication/freshwater_europe/dniepr.php   (556 words)

  
 Dnieper
The catchment areas of the Dnieper in the smolensk region is 30.000km2 or approximately 60% of the region, with a population of about 5 million.
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.
The coastal zone of the fl sea subject to the direct impact of the Dnieper and the southern bug river flows is located to the north from the traverse between the Bolshoy Fontan cape and the head of the Tendrov spit and covers an area of about 2500 km2.
www.ecdc.net.cn /Invest/dnieper/4.htm   (8610 words)

  
 Physical Atlas of Europe: general hydrography - Dnieper
Physical Atlas of Europe: general hydrography - Dnieper
Click on the name of a river and it will be put shown in blue on the map of Europe.
The local name is given when it differs from the English one.
www.euratlas.com /Atlasphys/Dnieper.htm   (40 words)

  
 Russian River Cruises, Russian River Cruise, Russia River Cruises, Russia River Cruise, European River Cruises
Experience the best of the Ukraine on the Dnieper River, the third largest river in Europe, flowing 1,370 miles from the heart of the Ukraine to the Black Sea.
Most Dnieper River cruises also sail to Yalta on the Crimean Peninsula where you can visit botanical gardens and tour the Tsar's Imperial winery at Massandra and the White Palace, which was built as a summer residence for Russian Tsars.
Some Dnieper River cruises may be part of longer tour itineraries which include hotel stays.
www.dnieperrivercruises.com /dnieper_river_cruises.cfm   (312 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Polesie   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dnieper-Bug Canal is a ship canal that connects Dnieper river and Western Bug.
Polesie is a flatland within the watersheds of the Bug river and Pripyat river.
Polesie: Lowlands streching east by northeast of Lublin along the course of the Prypeć (Pripyat) River and its tributaries to the Dnieper (Dnepr) River.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Polesie   (1196 words)

  
 Dnieper river Details, Meaning Dnieper river Article and Explanation Guide
The Dnieper River (Belarusian: Дняпро/Dnyapro; Russian: Днепр/Dnepr; Ukrainian: Днiпро/Dnipro; Polish: Dniepr; Latin: Borysthenes) is a river (2290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus and then Ukraine.
The Dnieper finds its source in Valday hills (north Russia) and runs south eventually flowing into the Black Sea.
Desna (L) This is an Article on Dnieper river.
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Israel on the Dnieper - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
All the fathers of the Zionist idea came from Europe.
When they dreamed of the Jordan River and the Galilee they envisioned the Dnieper and the Carpathian Mountains.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3306799,00.html   (654 words)

  
 Ships- MS Dnieper Star
The MS Dnieper Star is a modern river-sea vessel equipped with latest navigational aids for comfort and safety on all inland rivers and waterways.
The ship was built in Germany in 1988 and refurbished in 2005.
From the large decks you are able to capture the picturesque beauty of parts of Ukraine few tourists get to see.
www.uniqueworldcruises.com /pages/MSDnieperStar07.html   (219 words)

  
 Dnieper — FactMonster.com
Since the construction (1932) of the Dniprohes dam the Dnieper is navigable for virtually its entire course.
The Dnieper is linked by canal with the Western Bug.
Known as Borysthenes to the ancients, the river was (9th–11th cent.) a commercial route for the Vikings, Slavs, and Byzantines.
www.factmonster.com /cgi-bin/id/A0815714   (203 words)

  
 YouTube - Yiddish Language Joke Session
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During the Dnieper Klezmer Jewish Heritage tour of the Ukraine organized by josh "DJ Socalled" Dolgin and family, an elderly Yiddish speaker from Paris, Abe Bartel, led a virtuoso stream of yiddish joke telling.
Yiddish Jokes Language speaker dolgin socalled dnieper heritage cruise ukraine jewish vitz france
www.youtube.com /watch?v=I_2ZTykIrxo   (563 words)

  
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 Dnieper - MSN Encarta
Dnieper, river and important traffic artery of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, 2,290 km (1,420 mi) long.
The Dnieper is the third longest river of...
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 the KlezmerShack: Arkady Gendler to join Dnieper Klezmer Cruise, Apr 29-May 11, 2007
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Arkady Gendler to join Dnieper Klezmer Cruise, Apr 29-May 11, 2007
News about the Klez Cruise next spring (April 29 - May 11, 2007).
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 Dnieper Capital   (Site not responding. Last check: )
We may be reached in the following ways:
Dnieper Capital has been founded by two partners, Michael Maltzoff and Sergey Grachov.
Both have significant experience of buy-side investment and company acquisitions, especially in Ukraine.
www.dnieper.net   (1241 words)

  
 Palin's Travels: Dnieper River, USSR, Pole to Pole, Day 33
Palin's Travels: Dnieper River, USSR, Pole to Pole, Day 33
Somewhere between Gomel and Cernikov our steady southward progress comes to a halt.
Contact © 2002 Prominent Palin Productions Ltd. Designed and built by OIL
www.palinstravels.co.uk /book-1062   (303 words)

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