Editing Crimea (section)

===Hydrography===
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There are 257 rivers and major streams on the Crimean peninsula; they are primarily fed by rainwater, with snowmelt playing a very minor role. This makes for significant seasonal fluctuation in water flow, with many streams drying up completely during the summer.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jaoshvili |first=Shalva |year= 2002 |title= The rivers of the Black Sea |location= Copenhagen |publisher= European Environment Agency |page= 15 |oclc= 891861999 |url= http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-bn/eua/02/C__DOKUME~1_ZEFZEI_LOKALE~1_TEMP_plugtmp_tech71_en.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160310073738/http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-bn/eua/02/C__DOKUME~1_ZEFZEI_LOKALE~1_TEMP_plugtmp_tech71_en.pdf |archive-date= 10 March 2016 |url-status= live}}</ref> The largest rivers are the [[Salhyr]] (Salğır, Салгир), the Kacha (Кача), the [[Alma (Crimea)|Alma]] (Альма), and the Belbek (Бельбек). Also important are the Kokozka (Kökköz or Коккозка), the Indole (Indol or Индо́л), the [[Chyornaya (Crimea)|Chorna]] (Çorğun, Chernaya or Чёрная), the Derekoika (Dereköy or Дерекойка),<ref>{{Cite web|title= Дерекойка, река |trans-title= Derekoika river |work= Путеводитель по отдыху в Ялте |url= http://jalita.com/big_yalta/yalta/derekoika.shtml}}</ref> the Karasu-Bashi (Biyuk-Karasu or Биюк-Карасу) (a tributary of the Salhyr river), the Burulcha (Бурульча) (also a tributary of the Salhyr), the [[Uchan-su (river)|Uchan-su]], and the Ulu-Uzen'. The longest river of Crimea is the Salhyr at {{convert|204|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}. The Belbek has the greatest average discharge at {{convert|2.16|m3/s|ft3/s}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Jaoshvili|2002|page= 34}}</ref> The Alma and the Kacha are the second- and third-longest rivers.<ref name="BSE">{{Cite encyclopedia|title= Alma, Kacha River |year= 2014 |editor= Grinevetsky, Sergei R. |encyclopedia= The Black Sea Encyclopedia|location= Berlin |publisher= Springer |page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=KFCqBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA38 38] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=KFCqBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA390 390]|isbn= 978-3-642-55226-7|display-editors= etal}}</ref>

[[File:Nord-Krim-Kanal.png|right|thumb|Following Russia's annexation of Crimea, Ukraine blocked the [[North Crimean Canal]], which provided 85% of Crimea's drinking and agriculture water.<ref name = canal>{{cite news |title=Dam leaves Crimea population in chronic water shortage |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/1/4/dam-leaves-crimea-population-in-chronic-water-shortage |work=Al-Jazeera |date=4 January 2017}}</ref>]]

There are more than fifty salt lakes and [[Salt pan (geology)|salt pans]] on the peninsula. The largest of them is Lake Sasyk (Сасык) on the southwest coast; others include [[Aqtas Lake|Aqtas]], Koyashskoye, Kiyatskoe, Kirleutskoe, Kizil-Yar, Bakalskoe, and [[Donuzlav]].<ref>{{Cite journal|author= Mirzoyeva, Natalya |year= 2015 |title= Radionuclides and mercury in the salt lakes of the Crimea |journal= Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology |volume= 33 |issue= 6 |pages= 1413–1425 |doi= 10.1007/s00343-015-4374-5|bibcode= 2015ChJOL..33.1413M |s2cid= 131703200 |display-authors= etal|issn = 0254-4059}}</ref> The general trend is for the former lakes to become salt pans.<ref>{{Cite book|author= Kayukova, Elena |title= Thermal and Mineral Waters |year= 2014 |chapter= Resources of Curative Mud of the Crimea Peninsula |editor1= Balderer, Werner |editor2= Porowski, Adam |editor3= Idris, Hussein |editor4= LaMoreaux, James W. |pages= 61–72 |location= Berlin |publisher= Springer |isbn= 978-3-642-28823-4 |doi= 10.1007/978-3-642-28824-1_6}}</ref> [[Lake Syvash]] (Sıvaş or Сива́ш) is a system of interconnected shallow [[lagoon]]s on the north-eastern coast, covering an area of around {{convert|2560|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}. A number of dams have created reservoirs; among the largest are the Simferopolskoye, Alminskoye,<ref>{{Cite web |author1= Bogutskaya, Nina |author2= Hales, Jennifer |title= 426: Crimea Peninsula |work= Freshwater Ecoregions of the World |publisher= The Nature Conservancy |url= http://www.feow.org/ecoregions/details/crimea_peninsula |access-date= 10 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162528/http://www.feow.org/ecoregions/details/Crimea_Peninsula |archive-date= 16 January 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> the Taygansky and the Belogorsky just south of [[Bilohirsk]] in [[Bilohirsk Raion]].<ref>{{Cite news |title= In Crimea has receded one of the largest reservoirs |date= 19 October 2015 |newspaper= News from Ukraine |url= http://en.reporter-ua.ru/in-crimea-has-receded-one-of-the-largest-reservoirs.html |access-date= 10 March 2016 |archive-date= 23 May 2016 |archive-url= http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160523160806/http://en.reporter-ua.ru/in-crimea-has-receded-one-of-the-largest-reservoirs.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> The [[North Crimean Canal|North Crimea Canal]], which transports water from the [[Dnieper]], is the largest of the man-made irrigation channels on the peninsula.<ref name=construction>Tymchenko, Z. ''[http://www.istpravda.com.ua/articles/2014/05/13/142692/ North Crimean Canal. History of construction]''. (Russian) [[Ukrainska Pravda]]. 13 May 2014 (Krymskiye izvestiya. November 2012)</ref> Crimea was facing an unprecedented [[water shortage]] crisis following the blocking of the canal by Ukraine in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pray For Rain: Crimea's Dry-Up A Headache For Moscow, Dilemma For Kyiv |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/pray-for-rain-crimea-s-dry-up-a-headache-for-moscow-dilemma-for-kyiv/30515986.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Crimea Drills For Water As Crisis Deepens In Parched Peninsula |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine--crimea-water-shortage-drought/30903039.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=25 October 2020}}</ref><ref name = canal/> After the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion]], the flow of water was restored however the [[destruction of the Kakhovka Dam]] could lead to problems with water supply again.