Seym (river) explained

Seym

Source1 Coordinates:

51.1639°N 37.2328°W

Mouth Coordinates:

51.4594°N 32.5639°W

Subdivision Type1:

Regions

Length:

748km (465miles)

Discharge1 Avg:

99.6 m³/s

Basin Size:

27500km2

Tributaries Left:

Reut, Vyr

Tributaries Right:

Tuskar, Svapa, Kleven

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The Seym or Seim (;) is a river that flows westward in Russia and Ukraine. It is long (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Places on the river include Kursk, Kurchatov, Rylsk, Glushkovo,^[5] Putyvl, Baturyn, and the junction with the Desna, which continues west and south past Chernihiv to Kyiv.

In September 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian officials accused Russia of polluting the river by dumping sewage from a sugar factory in Tyotkino, Kursk Oblast, resulting in environmental damages estimated at about Hr 186 million ($4.5 million) in Chernihiv Oblast that included a decrease in oxygen levels and fish kills downstream.^[6]

Notes and References

Book: Ukrajna természeti földrajza. pdf . 95. Izsák Tibor. II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. 2007. 2019-05-05. hu. https://web.archive.org/web/20130228072653/http://www.kmf.uz.ua/hun114/images/konyvek/Izsak_Tibor_Ukrajna%20termeszeti_foldrajza.pdf. 2013-02-28. dead.
Web site: NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz. II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. 2019-05-05. pdf. hu. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404180651/http://okt.kmf.uz.ua/ftt/oktat-ftt/Foldrajz_szak/Ukrajna_termeszeti_fodrajza/szotarukrfoldr.pdf. 2019-04-04. dead.
Web site: Сейм (река). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. 2019-05-05. ru.
Web site: Seim River. Encyclopedia of Ukraine. 2019-05-05. en.
News: Ukraine 'destroys bridge' in Russia's Kursk region. Canberra Times. 16 August 2024.
News: Ukrainian river polluted by factory sewage in Kursk Oblast, PM says . The Kyiv Independent. 10 September 2024.