Prut River

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Prut
River
none Prut near Mt. Hoverla, in Ukraine
Prut near Mt. Hoverla, in Ukraine
Countries Ukraine, Romania, Moldova
Oblasts/
Counties/
Districts
Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk O.,
Chernivtsi O.
Romania: Botoşani C., Iaşi C.,
Vaslui C., Galaţi C.
Moldova Briceni d., Edineţ d.,
Rîşcani d., Glodeni d., Făleşti d.,
Ungheni d., Nisporeni d.,
Hînceşti d., Leova d., Cantemir d.,
Cahul d.
Tributaries
 - right Cheremosh, Jijia
Cities Kolomyia, Chernivtsi, Ungheni,
Leova, Cahul
Source Carpathian Mountains
 - location Mt. Hoverla, Ivano-Frankivsk O., Ukraine
Mouth Danube
 - location Giurgiuleşti, Romania/Moldova
 - coordinates 45°28′8″N 28°12′28″E / 45.46889, 28.20778
Length 953 km (592 mi)
Basin 27,500 km² (10,618 sq mi)
Official River Code XIII.1
Map of the Prut River.
Map of the Prut River.

Prut, or Pruth, (Ukrainian: Прут) is a 953 km long river in Eastern Europe. It was known in antiquity as Pyretus or Porata (possibly)[1] or Gerasius[2]. It originates on the eastern slope of Mount Hoverla, in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. It flows southeast to join the Danube river near Reni, east of Galaţi.

Between 1918 and 1940 it was almost entirely in Greater Romania. Nowadays, for a length of 695 km it forms the border between Romania and Moldova. It has a hydrographic basin of 27,500 km², of which 10,990 km² are in Romania and 7,790 km² in Moldova. The biggest city along its banks is Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

The Costeşti-Stînca/Stânca-Costeşti dam, operated jointly by Moldova and Romania, is built on the Prut.

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[edit] Towns

The following towns are situated along the river Prut, from source to mouth: Delatyn, Kolomyia, Sniatyn, Chernivtsi, Novoselytsia, Darabani, Lipcani, Ungheni, Leova, Cantemir, Cahul.

[edit] Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Prut:

Left: Racovăţ, Ciuhur, Lăpuşna, Sărata

Right: Cheremosh, Herţa, Poiana, Corneşti, Isnovăţ, Rădăuţi, Ghireni, Volovăţ, Badu, Başeu, Corogea, Berza Veche, Râioasa, Soloneţ, Cerchezoaia, Jijia, Cozmeşti, Bohotin, Moşna, Pruteţ, Sărata, Elan, Horincea, Oancea, Stoeneasa, Chineja

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Herodotus, translated by Thomas Gaisford and edited by Peter Edmund Laurent, The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus, Henry Slatter 1846, p. 299
  2. ^ Peter Heather, The Goths, Blackwell Publishing, 1998, p. 100
  • Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
  • Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
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