Dnieper

geographical name

river 1420 miles (2285 kilometers) long in east central Europe rising in the southern Valdai Hills of Russia, flowing southwest then south through eastern Belarus, southeast and southwest through Ukraine, and then south into the Black Sea

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“Dnieper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dnieper. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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