Prut
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| Prut | |
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 Prut near Mt. Hoverla, in Ukraine
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| Countries | Ukraine, Romania, Moldova |
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Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk O., Chernivtsi O. Romania: Botoşani C., Iaşi C., Vaslui C., Galaţi C. |
| Cities | Kolomyia, Chernivtsi, Ungheni, Cahul |
| Length | 953 km (592 mi) |
| Watershed | 27,500 km² (10,618 sq mi) |
| Source | Carpathian Mountains |
| - location | Mt. Hoverla, Ivano-Frankivsk O., Ukraine |
| Mouth | Danube |
| - location | Galaţi/Giurgiuleşti, Romania/Moldova |
| Major tributaries | |
| - right | Cheremosh, Jijia |
| Official River Code | XIII.1 |
 Map of the Prut River.
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Prut, or Pruth, (Ukrainian: Прут) is a 953 km long river in Eastern Europe. It was known in antiquity as Pyretus or Porata. 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.
Before 1940 and the occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina it was almost entirely in Romania. Nowadays, for a length of 711 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. The biggest city along its banks is Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
The Stânca-Costeşti dam 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, Ungheni, Cahul.
[edit] Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Prut:
Left: Racovăţ
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
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[edit] References
- Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
- Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
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