Prut

Geobox|River
name = Prut
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image_size = 300
image_caption = Prut near Mt. Hoverla, in Ukraine
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district_type = Oblasts/
Counties/
Districts
city_type = Cities
country = Ukraine, Romania, Moldova
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district = 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.
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city = Kolomyia, Chernivtsi, Ungheni,
Leova, Cahul
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length = 953
watershed = 27500
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source_name = Carpathian Mountains
source_location = Mt. Hoverla
source_district = Ivano-Frankivsk O.
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source_country = Ukraine
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mouth_name = Danube
mouth_location = Giurgiuleşti
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mouth_country = Romania/Moldova
mouth_lat_d = 45
mouth_lat_m = 28
mouth_lat_s = 8
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 28
mouth_long_m = 12
mouth_long_s = 28
mouth_long_EW = E
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tributary_right = Cheremosh, Jijia
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free = XIII.1
free_type = Official River Code

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map_size = 250
map_caption = Map of the Prut River.

Prut, or Pruth, ( _uk. Прут) is a 953 km long river in Eastern Europe. It was known in antiquity as "Pyretus" or "Porata" (possibly) [Herodotus, translated by Thomas Gaisford and edited by Peter Edmund Laurent, "The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus", Henry Slatter 1846, p. 299] or "Gerasius" [Peter Heather, "The Goths", Blackwell Publishing, 1998, p. 100] . 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.

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.

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

ee also

* Pokucie

References

* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971