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Seym (river)

River in Russia and Ukraine

Seym
Seym in Kursk Oblast
Native name	Сейм
Location
Country	Russia, Ukraine
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Russia-Belgorod Oblast, Kursk Oblast. Ukraine-Sumy Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast.

Mouth	Desna
• coordinates	51°27′34″N 32°33′50″E / 51.45944°N 32.56389°E / 51.45944; 32.56389
Length	748 km (465 mi)
Basin size	27,500 km² (10,600 sq mi)

Discharge
• average	99.6 m³/s^[1]

Basin features
Progression	Desna→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Reut, Vyr
• right	Tuskar, Svapa, Kleven

The Seym or Seim (Russian: Сейм; Ukrainian: Сейм) is a west-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. Its length is 748 kilometres (465 mi) (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about 27,500 square kilometres (10,600 sq mi). It is the largest tributary of the Desna.^[2]^[3]^[1]^[4]

Places on the river are: Kursk, Kurchatov, Rylsk, Ukrainian border, Putyvl, Baturyn, junction with the Desna which continues west and south past Chernihiv to Kyiv.

References

^ ^a ^b "Сейм (река)" (in Russian). Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^ Izsák Tibor (2007). Ukrajna természeti földrajza (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. p. 95. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^ "NÉVJEGYZÉK-SZÓTÁR az UKRAJNA TERMÉSZETI FÖLDRAJZA tantárgyhoz" (pdf) (in Hungarian). II. Rákóczi Ferenc Kárpátaljai Magyar Főiskola. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
^ "Seim River". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 2019-05-05.