1. Towns

2. Cultural associations

3. References

Khopyor ({{Lang-ru|Хопёр}}, also transliterated as Khoper) is a river in European Russia, the biggest left tributary of the Don River. It is {{convert|979|km|mi}} long, with a watershed of {{convert|61100|km2|mi2}}. The mouth width is {{convert|300|m|ft}}. The Khopyor is navigable up to {{convert|323|km|mi}} from the mouth. The maximum discharge is {{convert|3720|m3/s|cuft/s}}; the average discharge is {{convert|150|m3/s|cuft/s}}, and the minimum discharge is {{convert|45|m3/s|cuft/s}}.

Fish in the river include bream, zander, common roach, rudd, European chub, ide, bleak, catfish, pike, perch, asp and burbot.

Towns

Towns on the Khopyor River in orographic sequence (from source to mouth) are:

• Balashov,
• Borisoglebsk
• Uryupinsk
• Novokhopyorsk
• Serafimovich.

Downstream from Borisoglebsk, is the Khopyor Nature Reserve, populated with protected beavers, wisents and Russian desman. It also has various protected flora including Iris tenuifloia.^[1]

Cultural associations

In 1834, Mikhail Zagoskin published a collection of ghost stories entitled An Evening on the Khoper River.

According to legend, an oldman Hopper lived in these places of Penza Oblast. One day he went by steppe and saw 12 springs. The old man took a shovel and assembled all the springs in one big stream. On this stream oldman Hopper built a mill to grind grain for the peasants from nearby villages. Later the river was given the name of its creator.

The river gave its name to the Khoper-Invest company, infamous for its pyramid scheme fraud.

References

• Dulichium bigibbosum
• Du liebst mich nicht
• Dulieu
• Duli-Gewe
• Duli-Gey
• Duli-Gey language
• Duligotumab
• Dulijano Koludra
• Dulin (disambiguation)
• Duling Avenue Subdistrict
• Dulin, Michael
• Duliophyle agitata
• Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah College
• Dulip Gayan
• Du Lisha
• Dulishan railway station
• Dulishan Station
• Dulith Herath
• Duliu River
• Dulić, Oliver
• Dulkadirids
• Dulkaninna, South Australia
• Dulkaninna Station
• Dulkiewicz
• Dullabcherra