Udy (river)

Udy
The river in spring
Native name	Уды (Russian) Уди (Ukrainian)
Location
Country	Russia, Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Donets
• coordinates	49°47′54″N 36°36′43″E / 49.7983°N 36.6119°E / 49.7983; 36.6119
Length	164 km (102 mi)
Basin size	3,890 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Donets→ Don→ Sea of Azov

The Udy (also: Uda, Russian: Уды, Ukrainian: Уди) is a river that rises in Belgorod Oblast of Russia and runs through Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. It is a right tributary of the Siversky Donets near Chuhuiv.^[1] Its length is 164 kilometres (102 mi). The drainage basin occupies 3,890 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi). The second largest city of Ukraine, Kharkiv, stands at the confluence of the Udy with the river Lopan.^[1]

The source of the river begins with springs in one of the beams Central Russian Upland near the village Bessonovka Belgorodsky District Belgorod Oblast (Russia) at an altitude of 190 m above sea level. The river crosses the border with Russia to the northeast of the village of Okip in Bohodukhiv Raion Kharkiv Oblast. From the source to the confluence of the river Lopan flows from north to south, and below - in a south-easterly direction. The Udy flows into the river Siverskyi Donets 825 km from its mouth. Within the Kharkiv Oblast it flows along Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv, Chuhuiv raions and through the city of Kharkiv.

The total length of the Udy River is 164 km (127 km within the Kharkiv Oblast). The catchment area is 3894 km2 (in the Kharkiv Oblast 3460 km2). The total height difference (from the source to the mouth is 105 m, the average river slopeis 0.64 m/km.

On the river there are cities Zolochiv and Kharkiv.