Syniukha

Syniukha River
Location
Country	Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Tikych and Velyka Vys
• location	Kirovohrad Oblast
• coordinates	48°44′45″N 30°53′30″E
Mouth
• location	Southern Bug
• coordinates	48.0423°N 30.8491°E / 48.0423; 30.8491
Length	111 km (69 mi)
Basin size	16,725 km^2 (6,458 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Southern Bug→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Syniukha (Ukrainian: Синюха) is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the Southern Bug, the basin of Black Sea. Its name means blue or of blue shade. It is 111 kilometres (69 mi) long with a 16,700 square kilometres (6,448 sq mi) basin area.^[1] It is formed at the confluence of its source rivers the Tikych (itself formed at the confluence of the Hnyly Tikych and the Hirskyi Tikych) and the Velyka Vys. It flows into the Southern Bug at Pervomaisk.^[1]

It is believed that in the mid-14th century one of the major battles between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Ulus Jochi, the Battle of Blue Waters, took place here.^[2]

References

1. Синюха (река), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
2. Shabuldo, F. The 1362 battle at Blue Waters (СИНЄВОДСЬКА БИТВА 1362). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.

Bibliography

• Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.