The Big Vysh is a river in Ukraine , a left tributary of the Sinyukha ( Southern Bug basin). It flows through the territory of Kirovograd and Cherkasy regions, within the Dnieper Upland , there are 6 reservoirs. Food mostly snow. On the river is the city Novomirgorod .
| Big Vys | |
|---|---|
| ukr Great Vis | |
 River near the village of Kamenka | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 166 km |
| Pool | 2860 km² |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Location | Onikeevo village |
| • Height | 231 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Cyanosis |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Cyanosis → Southern Bug → Black Sea |
| A country |
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| Regions | Kirovograd region , Cherkasy region |
The valley is predominantly trough, marshy in the upper reaches; 4 km wide, up to 40 m in depth. The course is weakly winding, up to 20 meters wide. The slope of the river is 0.55 m / km.
Between the villages of Lekarevo and Shmidov, Novomirgorodsky district, the archaeological site of the late Paleolithic (36–38 thousand ln) “ Vys ” is located on the large canopy of the left bank of the river Big Vys [1] [2] .
Origin of title
The meaning of the pre-Slavic root “vis” can be interpreted as “overflow”, “flow” (akin to the Visor and Wisla hydronyms) [3] .
Notes
Literature
- Surface water resources of the USSR. Description of rivers and lakes and calculations of the main characteristics of their regime. - T. 6. Ukraine and Moldova. Issue 1. Western Ukraine and Moldova (without the Dniester river basin). - L., Gidrometeoizdat, 1978. - 165-169 p.