Oskol River

Oskol River

Oskol (or Oskil, Russian: Оскол; Ukrainian: Оскiл) is a river in Russia and Ukraine. It is a left tributary of the Seversky Donets. It is 436 km long, with a drainage basin of 14,680 km².

The river has its sources on the Central Russian Uplands, and flows through Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts in Russia, and through the eastern part of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine, where it joins the Seversky Donets river. An artificial lake, the Krasno-Oskol Reservoir (Chervonooskil Reservoir, Червоноскільське водосховище), was opened in year 1958 to help with flood protection and as a source of electricity.

There are several towns along the Oskol: Stary Oskol, Novy Oskol and Valuyki in Russia, and Kupiansk in Ukraine.

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Coordinates: 51°36′N 37°13′E / 51.6°N 37.217°E / 51.6; 37.217


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