Dniester facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Dniester |
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Rîbnița and the Dniester river
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Map of the Dniester basin
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| Country | Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria (unrecognized) |
| Cities | Tiraspol, Bender, Rîbnița, Drohobych |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Eastern Beskids (Ukrainian Carpathians) 900 m (3,000 ft) 49°12′44″N 22°55′40″E / 49.21222°N 22.92778°E |
| River mouth | Black Sea Odessa Oblast 0 m (0 ft) 46°21′0″N 30°14′0″E / 46.35000°N 30.23333°E |
| Length | 1,362 km (846 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 68,627 km2 (26,497 sq mi) |
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| Official name: Lower Dniester | |
| Designated: | 20 August 2003 |
| Reference #: | 1316 |
| Official name: Dnister River Valley | |
| Designated: | 20 March 2019 |
| Reference #: | 2388 |
The River Dniester is a large river of eastern Europe. It starts on the north side of the Carpathian Mountains. It flows through Ukraine, Transnistria and Moldova for 840 miles (1,350 kilometres). It ends at the Black Sea near Odessa. It is the second longest river in Ukraine.
Images for kids
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Dnister's riverhead in Staryi Sambir (western Ukraine)
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The Dniester at the Moldavian fortress of Tighina.
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The Dniester in Khotyn (western Ukraine). Another Moldavian fortress and an Orthodox church seen on foreground.
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At the confluence of the Seret and the Dniester.
See also
In Spanish: Dniéster para niños
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