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Dnieper

2,285 km from source to mouth · Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

UkraineRussiaBelarusUkraine, Russia and BelarusFlows into Dnieper Estuary1st longest in Ukraine

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SourceMouthKyivDnipro
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

2,285km

Average flow

1,700m³/s

Basin

503,500km²

Drop

222m

from 219 m to -3 m

Countries

3

The journey

From source to mouth

2,285 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 31 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

219 m-3 m
Valdai Hillsat 219 m0 km
Smolensk310,460 people307 km
Mahilyow352,891 people551 km
Zhlobin75,732 people729 km
Vialikaje0.4 km²850 km
Kyiv2,952,301 people1,155 km
Cherkasy269,836 people1,365 km
Dnipro968,502 people1,654 km
Zaporizhzhia710,052 people1,756 km
Kherson279,131 people2,076 km
Dnieper Estuaryat -3 m2,285 km
05001,0001,5002,0002,285 km
  1. 0 kmValdai Hillsat 219 m
  2. 76 kmVyazmatributary
  3. 106 kmDymatributary
  4. 138 kmVopetstributary
  5. 155 kmOsmatributary
  6. 159 kmDorogobuzh9,086 people
  7. 213 kmVoptributary
  8. 218 kmUstromtributary
  9. 242 kmKhmosttributary
  10. 254 kmVolosttributary
  11. 268 kmBolshoy Vopetstributary
  12. 268 kmMaly Vopetstributary
  13. 299 kmKolodnyatributary
  14. 307 kmSmolensk310,460 people
  15. 382 kmMereyatributary
  16. 449 kmKobelyakskiye Porogi
  17. 453 kmVorsha100,422 people
  18. 454 kmOrsha101,662 people
  19. 455 kmAršycatributary
  20. 460 kmAdroŭtributary
  21. 525 kmArcislaŭkatributary
  22. 551 kmMahilyow352,891 people
  23. 555 kmSviatoje Lake, Mahilioŭ0.5 km²
  24. 557 kmDubravienkatributary
  25. 595 kmLachva Rivertributary
  26. 607 kmMokryankatributary
  27. 655 kmUchliasćtributary
  28. 701 kmRahachow31,323 people
  29. 704 kmDabrycatributary
  30. 729 kmZhlobin75,732 people
  31. 739 kmAsušnoje0.5 km²
  32. 804 kmOzero Vir (korvsjö)0.4 km²
  33. 823 kmRechytsa64,508 people
  34. 850 kmVialikaje0.4 km²
  35. 959 kmOzero Lutovskoje0.4 km²
  36. 1,136 kmKyiv Reservoir636 km²
  37. 1,138 kmVyshhorod29,913 people
  38. 1,141 kmRedkyne Lake, Kyiv0.5 km²
  39. 1,148 kmObolon239,500 people
  40. 1,155 kmKyiv2,952,301 people
  41. 1,156 kmPechersk100,900 people
  42. 1,159 kmDniprovskyi357,900 people
  43. 1,164 kmPozniaky104,400 people
  44. 1,262 kmPereiaslav27,088 people
  45. 1,296 kmKaniv Reservoir470 km²
  46. 1,298 kmKaniv23,503 people
  47. 1,365 kmCherkasy269,836 people
  48. 1,474 kmKremenchuk Reservoir1,849 km²
  49. 1,474 kmSvitlovodsk45,312 people
  50. 1,487 kmKremenchuk215,271 people
  51. 1,510 kmHorishni Plavni49,854 people
  52. 1,606 kmKamianske Reservoir507 km²
  53. 1,612 kmKamyanske226,845 people
  54. 1,654 kmDnipro968,502 people
  55. 1,658 kmNyzhnodniprovsk160,123 people
  56. 1,751 kmDnieper Reservoir132 km²
  57. 1,756 kmZaporizhzhya710,052 people
  58. 1,756 kmZaporizhzhia710,052 people
  59. 1,830 kmEnerhodar52,237 people
  60. 1,856 kmNikopol105,160 people
  61. 1,996 kmKakhovka35,900 people
  62. 2,004 kmKakhovka Reservoir2,092 km²
  63. 2,006 kmNova Kakhovka45,069 people
  64. 2,068 kmOleshky24,639 people
  65. 2,076 kmKherson279,131 people
  66. 2,082 kmKruhle Ozero1.1 km²
  67. 2,091 kmBile5.0 km²
  68. 2,093 kmPohorile Ozero2.2 km²
  69. 2,104 kmKrasnykove Ozero2.1 km²
  70. 2,285 kmDnieper Estuaryat -3 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in Eastern Europe

At the mouth it carries 1,670 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 1.5 seconds. It drops from 219 m to -3 m, 0.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 503,500 km², about the size of ES. 29.3 million people live in it. Highest water: from May to July; lowest: from January to March. It is heavily dammed: reservoirs can hold 89% of a year's flow.

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Where to start

Dnieper, month by month

Highest water: from May to July

Lowest water: from January to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.

1,500
-6°38 mmJan
1,300
-5°32 mmFeb
1,000
0°32 mmMar
2,700
8°40 mmApr
2,900
15°47 mmMay
3,000
18°70 mmJun
3,100
20°74 mmJul
2,000
19°56 mmAug
2,000
14°48 mmSep
1,900
8°40 mmOct
2,000
2°44 mmNov
1,800
-3°45 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 1,000 m³/s in the lowest month to 3,100 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

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The basin

Dnieper: the basin in numbers

509,822 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

DammedReservoirs can hold 89% of a year's flow: much of the river is a chain of lakes.
  • 29.3millionpeople live in the basin
  • 59/km²people per km²
  • 160maverage altitude of the basin
  • 590mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 7.0°Caverage air temperature
  • 3%protected areas
  • 1.5%covered by lakes
  • 44km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 22% Forest
  • 48% Cropland
  • 13% Pasture
  • 2% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Dnieper: what you find on the way

  • 57DamsKiev Hydroelectric Power Plant, Kremenchuk dam, Dnieper Hydroelectric Station and 54 more
  • 16Weirs
  • 17LocksDnieper River and 16 more
  • 10WaterfallsShevchik Falls and 9 more
  • 12Boat ramps
  • 82Ferry piersRiver Station, Pier No. 1, Pier No. 2 and 79 more
  • 92MarinasKOBA Pirates Bay, YACHT CHARTER, Bartolomeo and 89 more
  • 44Boat rentalsKalyna Boats, Sup Kayak Club, Kayak & SUP Rental and 41 more
  • 68River beachesTroia nude beach, Obolon nude beach, Beach on Pryrichna and 65 more

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Dnieper in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
  • 16lakes on its wayLakeyas

Waterfalls (1)

On the river, by Cascadyas

  1. Kobelyakskiye Porogikm 392

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Lakes and reservoirs (16)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Asušnojekm 6460.5km²
  2. Ozero Lutovskojekm 8380.4km²
  3. Kyiv Reservoirkm 993636km²
  4. Kaniv Reservoirkm 1,133470km²
  5. Kremenchuk Reservoirkm 1,2881,849km²
  6. Kamianske Reservoirkm 1,403507km²
  7. Dnieper Reservoirkm 1,530 · 53 m deep132km²
  8. Kakhovka Reservoirkm 1,752 · 26 m deep2,092km²

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Dnieper: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Dnieper: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth97 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Dnieper in pictures

Dnipro estuary
Anastasiya.Tishaeva · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dnipro River in Nikopol
OleksandrKr · CC BY 4.0
Dnieper, Kyiv Oblast 2017
Mehmet TORUN ( mesaj ) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dnieper River from Kryukivs'kyi bridge in Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Oleg Aldekein · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

Tributaries (111)

DesnaUkraineUkraine1,130 km360 m³/sjoins at km 999Pripyat RiverUkraineUkraine775 km460 m³/sjoins at km 926PselUkraineUkraine717 km55 m³/sjoins at km 1,313SozhBelarusBelarus648 km210 m³/sjoins at km 803BerezinaBelarusBelarus613 km140 m³/sjoins at km 694Inhulets RiverUkraineUkraine549 km1,500 m³/sjoins at km 1,816VorsklaUkraineUkraine464 km36 m³/sjoins at km 1,355TeterivUkraineUkraine385 km18 m³/sSula RiverUkraineUkraine363 km29 m³/sRos RiverUkraineUkraine346 km22 m³/sjoins at km 1,160Oril RiverUkraineUkraine346 km13 m³/sjoins at km 1,436Samara RiverUkraineUkraine320 km17 m³/sjoins at km 1,450

Also: Vop, Vyazma, Tiasmyn, Bazavluk River, Stuhna River, Supiy River, Lybid River, Mereya, Viedryč, Adamenka, Aršyca, Adroŭ, Khmost, Berezina, Uchliasć, Zolotonoshka, Lachva River, Mokra Sura, Dubravienka, Osma, Bilozerka, Dobasna, Krapivnya, Mokra Moskovka

In the same basin

SeymUkraineUkraine696 km100 m³/sHorynBelarusBelarus659 km110 m³/sStyr RiverBelarusBelarus494 km50 m³/sSvislach RiverBelarusBelarus327 km24 m³/sSnovUkraineUkraine253 km24 m³/sIputBelarusBelarus437 km83 m³/sUbortBelarusBelarus292 km23 m³/sPcičBelarusBelarus421 km48 m³/sSluch RiverUkraineUkraine451 km60 m³/sSudostUkraineUkraine208 km19 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

Southern BugUkraineUkraine806 km160 m³/s50 km awayInhulets RiverUkraineUkraine549 km1,500 m³/s22 km awayInhul RiverUkraineUkraine354 km150 m³/s50 km awayDniesterUkraineUkraine1,352 km310 m³/s163 km awayDanubeRomaniaRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/s251 km awayAlmaUkraineUkraine83 km1.2 m³/s209 km awaySalhyrUkraineUkraine232 km2.0 m³/s223 km awayBâcMoldovaMoldova155 km1.0 m³/s226 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q40855) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesCascadyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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