Maiden - a river in the Usman district of the Lipetsk region .
| Damsel | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 19 km |
| Pool | 83.4 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | near the village of Student Vyselki |
| Mouth | Usman |
| • Location | in the village of Novouglyanka |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Usman → Voronezh → Don → Sea of Azov |
| A country |
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| Region | Lipetsk region |
| Area | Usman district |
| HWR code | |
The length of the river is 19 km, the catchment area is 83.4 km² [2] .
The source is near the village of Nikolsky Vyselki . The maiden is the left tributary of the Usmani River, into which it flows into the village of Novouglyanka . Not far from the source, a pond was erected on the Maiden - near the village of Studenskie Vyselki .
The hydronym was transferred from Chernigov land in the 9th-12th centuries, when the Slavs moved from there to the Don region . On the Indo-European dheuina - source, flow, current [3] . On the river the village was called Devitsa (in the past - Ostozhek Devitsky).
Notes
- ↑ Surface Water Resources of the USSR: Hydrological Understanding. T. 7. Donskoy district / ed. D. D. Mordukhai-Boltovsky. - L .: Gidrometeoizdat, 1964 .-- 267 p.
- ↑ State Water Register . Maid . textual.ru . Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia (March 29, 2009). Date of treatment December 20, 2018. Archived March 29, 2009.
- ↑ Prokhorov V.A. Lipetsk toponymy. - Voronezh : Center.-Chernozem book. Publishing House, 1981. - S. 49-50. - 160 p. - 10,000 copies.