Kiyevka River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in Primorsky Krai

Primorsky Krai

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It is 105 km long with a drainage basin

Drainage basin

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 of 3120 km². Kiyevka River rises in Southern Sihote-Alin and flows to Kiyevka Bay of Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

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. The main tributaries is Krivaya (71 km), Lazovka (54 km) and Benevka (37 km) rivers. There are more than 20 waterfalls on the river (Benev cascade), the highest is Star of Primorye (20 m).

The River was named after Kyiv by settlers from Ukraine

Ukraine

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