Chorna (river)

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Chorna
The mouth of the Chorna river at Inkerman
Native name	Чорна (Ukrainian)
Location
Region	Crimea
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Rodnikivske [uk]
• coordinates	44°27′48″N 33°51′36″E / 44.46333°N 33.86000°E / 44.46333; 33.86000
Mouth	Sevastopol Bay
• coordinates	44°36′29″N 33°35′54″E / 44.60806°N 33.59833°E / 44.60806; 33.59833
Length	41 km (25 mi)
Basin size	463 km2 (179 sq mi)

The Chorna, Chyornaya^[a] 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 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.

44°28′N 33°51′E / 44.467°N 33.850°E / 44.467; 33.850