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| Khopyor | |
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 The Khopyor in the Don river basin. | |
| Native name | Хопёр (Russian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Don |
• coordinates | 49°36′23″N42°18′29″E / 49.60639°N 42.30806°E /49.60639; 42.30806 |
| Length | 979 km (608 mi) |
| Basin size | 61,100 km2 (23,600 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Don→Sea of Azov |
TheKhopyor (Russian:Хопёр, also transliterated asKhoper) is a river inEuropean Russia, the biggestleft tributary of the riverDon.[1] It is 979 kilometres (608 mi) long, with awatershed of 61,100 square kilometres (23,600 sq mi).[2] Themouth width is 300 metres (980 ft). The Khopyor is navigable up to 323 kilometres (201 mi) from the mouth. The maximum discharge is 3,720 cubic metres per second (131,000 cu ft/s); the average discharge is 150 cubic metres per second (5,300 cu ft/s), and the minimum discharge is 45 cubic metres per second (1,600 cu ft/s).
Fish in the river includebream,zander,common roach,rudd,European chub,ide,bleak,catfish,pike,perch,asp andburbot.
Found near the riverelks,hares,herons,swans,eagles,falcons,owls,nightingales,ducks,beavers,pond turtles,snakes (vipers), etc. Previously, there werebison, now exterminated.
The unique nature made Khopyor a favorite place for tourists.
The largesttributaries of the Khopyor are, from source to mouth:[1][2]
Towns on the Khopyor River inorographic sequence (from source to mouth) are:
Downstream from Borisoglebsk, is theKhopyor Nature Reserve, populated with protectedbeavers,wisents andRussian desman. It also has various protected flora includingIris tenuifloia.[3]
In 1834,Mikhail Zagoskin published a collection ofghost stories entitledAn Evening on the Khoper River.
According to legend, an oldman Hopper lived in these places ofPenza Oblast. One day he went by steppe and saw 12 springs. The old man took a shovel and assembled all the springs in one big stream. On this stream oldman Hopper built a mill to grind grain for the peasants from nearby villages. Later the river was given the name of its creator.
The river gave its name to theKhoper-Invest company, infamous for itspyramid scheme fraud.
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