The Inhulets has its source in the Dnieper Upland in a ravine (balka) to the west of Topylo village, in the Kropyvnytskyi Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast, about  from the Dnieper river, to which it initially flows parallel.
The Inhulets river's source is in a ravine (balka) west of Topylo village, within the Kropyvnytskyi Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast, approximately [distance] from the Dnieper River. The river initially flows parallel to the river.