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donets basin

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Do⋅nets

[duh-nets; Russ. duh-nyets]
–noun
1. a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. ab. 650 mi. (1045 km) long.
2. Also called Donets Basin. an area S of this river, in E Ukraine: coal mining region and industrial area. 9650 sq. mi. (24,995 sq. km).
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Donets Basin also Don·bas   (dŏn'bäs)   
A major industrial region of eastern Ukraine and southeast Russia north of the Sea of Azov and west of the Donets River. Developed after the 1870s, it is one of the densest industrial concentrations in the world.
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