Kryvbas

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Kryvbas may also refer to the FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, the football team in Kryvyi Rih. See also Kryvbas (disambiguation)

Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin (Ukrainian: Криворізький залізорудний басейн, romanized: Kryvorizkyi zalizorudnyi besein; Russian: Криворожский железорудный бассейн), commonly known by the portmanteau Kryvbas (Ukrainian: Кривбас; Russian: Кривбасс, romanized: Krivbass) is an important economic and historical region stretched between central and southern Ukraine around the city of Kryvyi Rih, specializing in iron ore mining, steel industry and some uranium ore^[1] mining in the past 20th century. It is arguably the main iron ore region of Eastern Europe.^{[citation needed]}