Name: Vorskla River Location: Source of the river is located on the western slopes of the Central Russian Upland near the village of Pokrovka (Belgorod region, Russia). The territory of Ukraine is flowing within the Sumy and Poltava regions of the Dnipro lowland. Flows into the Dnipro (Dneprodzerzhinsk reservoir). Distance: 464 km. (Of which 118 km on the territory of Russia, 336 km on the territory of Ukraine) Basin area: 14700 square meters. km. Tributaries: In Vorskla flows 21 flows, the most famous: Kotel'va, Kobyliachka. Flora and Fauna: In the river are found up to 50 species, most of which are carp and pike-perch, bream, pike, perch, crucian carp, bream, tench, roach, common catfish. The animal world is represented by hares, foxes, in the surrounding forests you can find deer and wild boar, a large variety of birds: wild ducks, gray herons, several species of waders, partridges, pheasants. Historical note: In ancient times this river, like others, was called by different names. The most ancient of them brought to us by the ancient Greeks from the time of Herodotus, who lived in the 5 th century BC. er. The ancient Greeks called this river Pantikapoi, which translated means "fish way". Title Vorskla found in written sources in 1173. Under this name the river also figures in the Ipatiev Chronicle. But since then, and before our time the name was written and visited in the male and feminine.