Sula (Dnieper)

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{{Infobox river

| name = Sula

| native_name = {{native name|ru|Сула|paren=omit}}

| image = Sula River in Ukraine.jpg

| image_caption =

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 6

| source1_location = Sumy Oblast

| mouth = Dnieper

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|49.5553|N|32.7544|E|source:wikidata|display=it}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Ukraine

| length = {{convert|363|km|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation =

| discharge1_avg = 29 m3

| basin_size = {{convert|19,600|km2|abbr=on}}

| progression = {{RDnieper}}

| tributaries_left =

| tributaries_right = Romen, Uday

| extra =

}}

The Sula ({{langx|uk|Сула́}}; {{langx|ru|Су́ла}}) is a left tributary of the Dnieper with a total length of {{convert|363|km}} and a drainage basin of {{convert|19,600|km2}}.{{cite web|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article107481.html|title=Сула (река, приток Днепра)|publisher=Большая Советская Энциклопедия|accessdate=2019-04-28|language=ru}}{{cite book|url=http://www.kmf.uz.ua/hun114/images/konyvek/Izsak_Tibor_Ukrajna%20termeszeti_foldrajza.pdf|title=Ukrajna természeti földrajza|format=pdf |pages=95| author=Izsák Tibor|publisher=II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola|year=2007|accessdate=2019-04-28|language=hu}}{{cite web|url=http://okt.kmf.uz.ua/ftt/oktat-ftt/Foldrajz_szak/Ukrajna_termeszeti_fodrajza/szotarukrfoldr.pdf|title=NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz|publisher=II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola|accessdate=2019-04-28|format=pdf|language=hu}}{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CU%5CSulaRiver.htm|title=Sula River|publisher=Encyclopedia of Ukraine|accessdate=2019-04-28|language=en}}

The river flows into the Dnieper through the Kremenchuk Reservoir, with which it forms a large delta with numerous islands, on which rare kinds of birds live. An important tributary is the Uday, smaller ones being Orzhytsya, Sliporid, Romen and Tern.

Large cities located on the river are Romny, Lokhvytsia and Lubny.

Etymology

The river's name evokes slow or muddy waters considering the words it is related to: Lithuanian/Latvian sulà "birch sap", Old Prussian sulo "curdled milk", Norwegian dialectal saula "dirt", Sanskrit súrā "spiritous liquor", and Avestan hurā "intoxicating drink, kumis".Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003: 320. Another etymology of the hydronym Sula is the Turkic {{lang|trk|suly}}, 'filled with water, wet'.Yu.N. Drozdov, 2008, Türkic Ethnonymy Of European Peoples, Moscow, "Reliance", {{ISBN|978-5-904215-04-0}}, p.247

References

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Category:Rivers of Chernihiv Oblast

Category:Rivers of Sumy Oblast