{"id":298408,"date":"2024-06-06T18:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=298408"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:24:45","slug":"dnipro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dnipro\/","title":{"rendered":"Dnipro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source-<\/strong>This post on Dnipro<\/strong> has been created based on the article \u201cRussian missile attack on Ukraine\u2019s Dnipro injures seven people, including two children<\/a>” published in \u201cThe Print\u201d<\/strong> on 6 June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in News?<\/h2>\n

A recent Russian missile attack on the central city of Dnipro<\/span> injured seven people, including two children, and damaged civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

About Dnipro<\/h2>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Dnipro is a city of regional significance in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It covers an area of 409,718 square kilometers.<\/p>\n

2. The city is located along both banks of the Dnieper River, near its confluence with the Samara River.<\/p>\n

3. The city center is on the right bank, which is part of the Dnieper Upland, while the left bank is part of the Dnieper Lowland.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Dnipro is Ukraine’s fourth-largest city<\/span>, following Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa.<\/p>\n

5. Industrial Significance:<\/strong><\/p>\n

i)\u00a0 Dnipro is one of Ukraine’s major industrial centers.<\/span><\/p>\n

ii)\u00a0 The city hosts numerous facilities for heavy industries, producing launch vehicles, rolled metal, cast iron, machinery, agricultural equipment, chemicals, and more.<\/p>\n

About the Dnieper River<\/h2>\n

1. The Dnieper River is the fourth-longest river in Europe<\/span>, after the Volga, the Danube, and the Ural.<\/p>\n

2. The river’s name varies by language:<\/strong> Dnepr in Russian, Dnipro in Ukrainian, and Dnyapro in Belarusian.<\/p>\n

3. Location:<\/strong> It is located in Eastern Europe, the Dnieper River and its tributaries drain much of Belarus and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

4. Course:<\/strong> The river originates in Russia, in the low Valday Hills, west of Moscow. It runs a total length of 1,368 miles (2,201 kilometers) through western Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

5. The Dnieper passes through several urban centers,<\/span> including Smolensk and Dorogobuzh in Russia; Mogilev in Belarus; and Kyiv, Cherkasy, Dnipro, and Zaporizhia in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

6. Tributaries-<\/strong> The Dnieper River has approximately 32,000 tributaries, including notable rivers such as the Sozh, Desna, Trubizh, Bilozerka, Drut, Berezina, and Prypiat.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> World geography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source-This post on Dnipro has been created based on the article \u201cRussian missile attack on Ukraine\u2019s Dnipro injures seven people, including two children” published in \u201cThe Print\u201d on 6 June 2024. Why in News? A recent Russian missile attack on the central city of Dnipro injured seven people, including two children, and damaged civilian infrastructure.… Continue reading Dnipro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209],"tags":[11872,10599],"class_list":["post-298408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-print","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}