Chornaya_River_(Crimea)

Chorna (river)

Chorna (river)

River in Crimea

For other rivers with the same name, see Chyornaya River (disambiguation).

The Chorna, Chyornaya[lower-alpha 1] or Chorhun (Ukrainian: Чорна, Chorna, Russian: Чёрная, Chyornaya, Crimean Tatar: Çorğuna), which translates from the Ukrainian and Russian as "Black River", is a small river in southern Crimea. It is 34.5 km long.

The mouth of the Chorna river at Inkerman

The Chorna River begins in the Baydar Valley northeast of the small town of Rodnikivs'ke (44° 28' N 33° 51' EG), just west of which it flows into a reservoir. From there it continues in a westerly direction to the town of Inkerman (Belokamensk) where it enters the Bay of Sevastopol, on the southwest coast of the Crimean peninsula.

Inkerman was a key location during the Crimean War of 1853–1856 and the Chorna lends its name to the Battle of Chernaya (Chyornaya) River of 1855.

Notes

  1. Also romanised as Chernaya

44°28′N 33°51′E
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