Usmanka River
Description:
The Usmanka River is a 151-kilometer long river that is the left tributary of the Voronezh River. Usmanka flows on the territory of the Voronezh and Lipetsk regions. Up to 20 tributaries up to 50 kilometers long flow into the river.
The name of the river "Umanka" comes from the Iranian word "asman", which means "stone". There is also an assumption that the name of the river comes from the Tatar word, which translates as “beauty”.
The mouth of the river is located on the Oksko-Don plain, the river feeds on the advantage of snow. The average width of the river is 20 meters, and on spills reaches 50 meters. In the valley of the source of the river, peat and black leaves were previously extracted.
On the river are the city of Usman and several other settlements, as well as the Voronezh Reserve. Near the reserve installed retaining dams that maintain the water level in the river.