Don [river] - Don

Japanese: ドン[川] - ドン
Don [river] - Don
A river in the southwest of the Russian Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Highlands, flows south, and connects with the Volga River via the Volga-Don Canal, and empties into the Taganrog Bay of the Sea of ​​Azov via the artificial Lake Tsimlyansk. It is called the "Quiet Don" because the flow of the river is very gentle from the middle to lower reaches. It is navigable by steamship up to 1,600 km from the mouth of the river. It freezes over in winter. Its total length is 1,870 km.
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Japanese:
ロシア平原南西部の川。中央ロシア高地に発して南流，ボルガ・ドン運河でボルガ川と通じ，人造のツィムリャンスク湖を経てアゾフ海のタガンログ湾に注ぐ。中流以下は河流がきわめてゆるやかなため〈静かなドン〉と呼ばれる。河口から1600kmまで汽船の航行可能。冬季結氷する。全長1870km。
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