Dniester

Dniester
Rîbnița and the Dniester river
Map of the Dniester basin
Location
Country
Cities
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEastern Beskids (Ukrainian Carpathians)
 • coordinates49°12′44″N 22°55′40″E / 49.21222°N 22.92778°E / 49.21222; 22.92778
 • elevation900 m (3,000 ft)
MouthBlack Sea
 • location
Odesa Oblast
 • coordinates
46°21′0″N 30°14′0″E / 46.35000°N 30.23333°E / 46.35000; 30.23333
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length1,362 km (846 mi)
Basin size68,627 km2 (26,497 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average310 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftMurafa, Smotrych, Zbruch, Seret, Strypa, Zolota Lypa, Stryi
 • rightBotna, Bîc, Răut, Svicha, Lomnytsia, Ichel
Map
Official nameLower Dniester
Designated20 August 2003
Reference no.1316[1]
Official nameDnister River Valley
Designated20 March 2019
Reference no.2388[2]

The Dniester (/ˈnstər/ 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.

  1. ^ "Lower Dniester". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Dnister River Valley". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Dnister River". Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Dniester". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  5. ^ "Dniester". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
  6. ^ "Dniester". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on February 12, 2022.


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