Editing Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (section)

==Geography==
Most of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, including [[Dnipro Raion]], is located in [[eastern Ukraine]], though some parts are in [[central Ukraine|central]] and [[southern Ukraine]], such as [[Kamianske Raion]] and [[Nikopol Raion]], respectively. The area of the oblast (31,974&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) comprises about 5.3% of the total area of the country. Its longitude from north to south is 130&nbsp;km, from east to west – 300&nbsp;km. The oblast borders the [[Poltava Oblast|Poltava]] and [[Kharkiv Oblast|Kharkiv]] oblasts on the north, the [[Donetsk Oblast]] on the east, the [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhia]] and [[Kherson Oblast|Kherson]] oblasts on the south, and the [[Mykolaiv Oblast|Mykolaiv]] and [[Kirovohrad Oblast|Kirovohrad]] oblasts on the west. Historically, it is located in the region of [[Zaporizhzhia (region)|Zaporizhzhia]].

The [[Black Sea Lowland]] covers about half of the territory of the oblast, where it lies only within the west bank of the Dnieper. In [[Ternivskyi District|Terny]], a [[Ternovka crater|Ternivsky meteorite crater]] is located. It is {{cvt|11|km}} in diameter and its age is estimated at 280 ± 10 million years ([[Permian]]). The crater is not exposed at the surface.<ref>{{cite Earth Impact DB | name = Ternovka| access-date = 2009-08-16}}</ref> The [[Dnieper Upland]] contains a number of minerals including [[Iron ore|iron]], [[manganese]], [[granite]], [[graphite]], [[brown coal]], and [[kaolin]]. [[Kryvbas]] is an important economic region, specializing in iron ore mining and the steel industry. It is arguably the main iron ore region of [[Eastern Europe]]. Named after the city of [[Kryvyi Rih]], the mining base of the region occupies the southwestern part of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as well as the small neighboring parts of the [[Kirovohrad Oblast|Kirovohrad]] and [[Kherson Oblast]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biz.nv.ua/ukr/amp/arselormittal-vidnoviv-virobnictvo-vapnyaku-v-hersonskiy-oblasti-yaki-obsyagi-50331634.html|title=АрселорМіттал Берислав відновив виробництво в Херсонській області|date=13 June 2023|website=NV}}</ref>

The region possesses major deposits of iron ore and some other metallurgical ores. To exploit them, several large mining companies were founded here in the middle of the 20th century. Most of them are located in Kryvyi Rih itself, which is the longest city in Europe (roughly {{convert|67|km|mi|abbr=on}} in a straight line from one end to another).

=== Geology ===
Much of the Dnipropetrovsk oblast is located within the boundaries of the [[Ukrainian Shield]] and only the northern regions and the extreme eastern part of the territory are confined to the south-eastern side of the Dnipro-Donets depression.

In the geological structure of the region, the breeds come from the archaea,{{clarify|mistranslation?|date=April 2022}} the [[Proterozoic]], the [[Paleozoic]], the [[Mesozoic]] and the [[Cenozoic]].