Zolota Lypa | |
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Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Dniester |
• coordinates | 48°58′47″N 25°04′19″E / 48.9798°N 25.0719°E |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dniester→ Dniester Estuary→ Black Sea |
Zolota Lypa (Ukrainian: Золота Липа, Polish: Złota Lipa) is a river in Western Ukraine. It flows through the Ternopil and Chortkiv Raions, forming the Berezhany Lake north of the city of Berezhany. It is a left tributary of Dniester, belonging to the Black Sea basin.The name means "golden linden tree" and has the same meaning in all Slavic languages. The river with the opposite meaning Hnyla Lypa ("rotten linden tree) flows parallel 30 km west from Berezhany.