Kazennyi Torets River [Казенний Торець; Kazennyj Torec']. (Map: Kazennyi Torets River.) A right-tributary of the Donets River, the Kazennyi Torets flows for 134 km through the northwestern Donets Basin and drains a basin of 5,410 sq km. Its waters supply industry and are used for irrigation. Cities located on the Kazennyi Torets include Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988).]


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