Editing Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (section)

==Environment==
[[File:Dnipropetrovsk - Aug 2013 - 005.jpg|thumbnail|left|River Dnieper in [[Dnipro]]]]
[[File:Берег Орілі, худоба на водопої.jpg|thumbnail|Pryorilskyi Landscape Reserve]]
The oblast is situated in the [[steppe]] region. Forests in the oblast occupy about 3.9% of the oblast's total territory. The average temperature in the winter balances from −3 to −5&nbsp;°C and in the summer from 22 to 24&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is 400–490&nbsp;mm. During the summer, Dnipropetrovsk oblast is very warm (average day temperature in July is {{convert|24|to|28|C|F}}, even hot sometimes {{convert|34|to|38|C|F}}. Temperatures as high as {{convert|36|°C|°F|abbr=on}} have been recorded in May. Winter is not so cold (average day temperature in January is {{convert|-3|to|0|C|F}}, but when there is no snow and the wind blows hard, it feels extremely cold. A mix of snow and rain happens usually in December.

The tender climate, mineral sources, and the curative mud allow opportunities for rest and cure within the region. Here there are 21 health-centers and medicated pensions, 10 rest homes, recreation departments and rest camps for children.

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has splendid [[flora]] and [[fauna]]. Here, there are more than 1700 kinds of vegetation, 7500 kinds of animals (including [[elk]], [[wild boar]], dappled [[deer]], [[roe]], [[hare]], [[fox]], [[wolf]], etc.) There are also 114 park and nature objects, including 15 state reserves; 3 nature memorials, 24 local parks; 7 landscape parks; 3 park tracts, which altogether make up approximately 260 square kilometres.

217 rivers flow within the area, including 55 rivers which are longer than 25&nbsp;km, the major one being the [[Dnieper]], which crosses through the center of the oblast. Also flowing through the region are two major reservoirs, the [[Kamianske Reservoir|Kamianske]] and [[Dnieper Reservoir|Dnieper]], while the former [[Kakhovka Reservoir]] was drained in 2023 following the [[destruction of the Kakhovka Dam]] and the subsequent restoration of the [[Great Meadow, Ukraine|Great Meadow]]. A major channel in the region is the [[Dnieper-Kryvyi Rih Channel]].
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