Inhul is a tributary of the Southern Bug river of
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
. It rises North of
KirovohradKirovohrad , is a city in central Ukraine. It is located on the Inhul river. It is a railway and a motorway junction. Pop...
, flowing South into the Southern Bug at Mykolayiv. The Southern Bug empties into the
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, not far from Mykolayiv. It is about 300 km long.
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Inhul is a tributary of the Southern Bug river of
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
. It rises North of
KirovohradKirovohrad , is a city in central Ukraine. It is located on the Inhul river. It is a railway and a motorway junction. Pop...
, flowing South into the Southern Bug at Mykolayiv. The Southern Bug empties into the
Black Seaur a loser!The Black Sea is an inland sea bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and various straits. The Bosporus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects it to...
, not far from Mykolayiv. It is about 300 km long.
The Greek historian
HerodotusHerodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a...
mentions the river as the
Pantikapes in his
Histories (4.54), during his description of the land of
ScythiaThe Scythians or Scyths were an Ancient Iranian people of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who throughout Classical Antiquity dominated the Pontic-Caspian steppe, known at the time as Scythia. By Late Antiquity the closely-related Sarmatians came to dominate the Scythians in this area...
.