Dniester
| Dniester | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Black Sea |
| Length | 1,362 km (846 mi) |
Dniester is located on the mid-east border of russia and ukraine. I AM SOO COOL< DONT USE WIKIPEDIA CUS ANYONE CAN EDIT THE PAGE ! LIE THISK The Dniester (Template:Lang-uk, translit. Dnister; Template:Lang-ro; Template:Lang-ru, translit. Dnestr; Yiddish: Nester - נעסטער, and during antiquity was called Tyras in Latin) is a river in Eastern Europe. It rises in Ukraine, near Drohobych close to the border with Poland, and flows toward the Black Sea. For a short while it marks the border of Ukraine and Moldova, after which it separates Moldova and Transnistria for 398 km. It leaves this region and becomes the Moldova-Ukraine border again, then flows through Ukraine to the Black Sea, where its estuary forms the Dniester Liman.
Before World War II the Dniester formed part of the boundary between Romania and the Soviet Union. During the war battles were fought on the banks of the river between the German and Romanian invaders and the Soviet defenders.
The name Dniester derives from Sarmatian *Dānu nazdya "the river to the front".[1] The older name, Tyras, is from Scythian, meaning "rapid".
Notes
- ^ Mallory, J.P. and Victor H. Mair. The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000. p. 106
External links
- Dniester watershed resource maps (PDF) - Land cover and use variables, basin indicators, biodiversity information and indicators.
- Dniester.org
- Template:Fr icon www.moldavie.fr
- Dniester photo gallery
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