Kryvyi Torets River [Кривий Торець; Kryvyj Torec']. A right-bank tributary of the Kazennyi Torets River, flowing for 88 km through the Donets Ridge and draining a basin of 1,590 sq km. The waters of this gently sloping river are used for irrigation and to supply the population and industry. The cities of Kostiantynivka and Yasynuvata are located on the Kryvyi Torets.

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