Inhul

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Aerial view of confluence of Boh and Inhul at Mykolaiv (main course is Boh, Inhul is at top and upper right corner of the picture)

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The Beauplan's map with Angul and Angulet wielki flowing to Boh river from area of Black Forest (Nigra sylva), west of Angulet mialy

The Inhul (Template:Langx) is a left tributary of the Southern Bug (Boh)<ref name="Izsak" /><ref name=emukhil11/> and is the 14th longest river of Ukraine. It flows through the Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv regions.<ref name=emukhil11/>

It starts near the village of Rodnykivka, Oleksandriia Raion in Kirovohrad Oblast (Central Ukraine), flowing south towards the Southern Bug at Mykolaiv, which is Template:Convert north (up river) from where the Southern Bug empties into the Black Sea. The Inhul River is Template:Convert long.<ref name="Izsak">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="névj">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="BSZE">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=eou89>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The river valley is mostly trapezium-like with a width of up to 4 km and a depth of up to 60 meters.<ref name=emukhil11/> At the upper stream it has a narrow winding channel that cuts through the Dnieper Upland,<ref name=eou89/> and its rocky banks show granite and gneiss; at the middle and lower stream after entering the Black Sea Lowland,<ref name=eou89/> it widens up to 30 meters and over.<ref name=emukhil11/> The river freezes over in December and thaws sometime in March.<ref name=eou89/>

Among major cities on the river are Kropyvnytskyi<ref name=eou89/> and Mykolaiv.

See also

• Inhul River Park

External links

• Sukhenko, O., Domaranskyi, A. Inhul. Majestic and terrible (Інгул. Величний і жахливий). The Ukrainian Week. 31 May 2017. (collection of photos)