| Dniester | |
|---|---|
 Rîbnița and the Dniester river | |
 Map of the Dniester basin | |
| Location | |
| Country |
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| Cities | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Eastern Beskids (Ukrainian Carpathians) |
| • coordinates | 49°12′44″N 22°55′40″E / 49.21222°N 22.92778°E |
| • elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Mouth | Black Sea |
• location | Odesa Oblast |
• coordinates | 46°21′0″N 30°14′0″E / 46.35000°N 30.23333°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,362 km (846 mi) |
| Basin size | 68,627 km2 (26,497 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 310 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Murafa, Smotrych, Zbruch, Seret, Strypa, Zolota Lypa, Stryi |
| • right | Botna, Bîc, Răut, Svicha, Lomnytsia, Ichel |
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| Official name | Lower Dniester |
| Designated | 20 August 2003 |
| Reference no. | 1316[1] |
| Official name | Dnister River Valley |
| Designated | 20 March 2019 |
| Reference no. | 2388[2] |
The Dniester (/ˈniːstər/ NEE-stər)[3][4][5][a] is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again.
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- ^ "Dnister River Valley". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Dnister River". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Dniester". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
- ^ "Dniester". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
- ^ "Dniester". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022.
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