Don
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Summary
Don is a river[1]. Don ranks in the top 0.62% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,722 views/month, #84 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tula Oblast[3], Ryazan Oblast[4], Rostov Oblast[5], Lipetsk Oblast[6], Voronezh Oblast[7], Volgograd Oblast[8]
- Country: Russia[9]
- Continent: Europe[10]
- Basin country: Russia[11]
- Part of: Unified Deep Water System of European Russia[12]
- Commons category: Don River[13]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Sea of Azov[14]
- Said to be the same as: Tanais[15]
- Lake on watercourse: Tsimlyansk Reservoir[16]
- Origin of the watercourse: Central Russian Upland[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Don River[18]
- Tributary: Voronezh[19], Bityug[20], Khopyor[21], Medveditsa[22], Ilovlya[23], Sal River[24], Manych[25], Krasivaya Mecha[26], Bystraya Sosna[27], Tikhaya Sosna[28], Chir[29], Donets[30], Panika[31], Stary Don[32]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Don include Battle of Kulikovo[33], a battle[34], in Grand Principality of Moscow[35]; Volga–Don Canal[36], a ship canal[37], in Russia[38]; Donets[39], a river[40], in Ukraine[41]; M4 Don Federal Highway[42], a toll road[43], in Russia[44]; Dnieper–Donets culture[45], an archaeological culture[46]; Don Delta[47], a river delta[48], in Russia[49]; and 12492 Tanais[50], an asteroid[51].
Why It Matters
Don has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Don is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Don include Battle of Kulikovo[33], a battle[34], in Grand Principality of Moscow[35]; Volga–Don Canal[36], a ship canal[37], in Russia[38]; Donets[39], a river[40], in Ukraine[41]; M4 Don Federal Highway[42], a toll road[43], in Russia[44]; Dnieper–Donets culture[45], an archaeological culture[46]; and Don Delta[47], a river delta[48], in Russia[49].