Dniester

Also known as Dnister River

The Dniester ( ) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again.

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The Dniester is a river in Eastern Europe that flows through Ukraine and Moldova before emptying into the Black Sea, serving as a natural boundary between Moldova and the breakaway region of Transnistria. It matters as a significant transboundary waterway that affects the geography and political divisions of the region.

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Key facts

River.name: Dniester
River.image: Dniester01.jpg
River.image_size: 250
River.image_caption: Rîbnița and the Dniester river
River.map: Dniester map.png
River.map_size: 250
River.map_caption: Map of the Dniester basin
River.pushpin_map_size: 250
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 5
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_type5: Cities
River.source1_location: Eastern Beskids (Ukrainian Carpathians)
River.mouth: Black Sea
River.mouth_location: Odesa Oblast
River.tributaries_left: Murafa, Smotrych, Zbruch, Seret, Strypa, Zolota Lypa, Stryi
River.tributaries_right: Botna, Bîc, Răut, Svicha, Lomnytsia, Ichel
River.custom_label: Designation

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Names
Geography
History
Tributaries
Eco-TIRAS International Environmental Association of River Keepers
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
General
External links

== Names == The name Dniester derives from Sarmatian dānu nazdya "the close river". (The Dnieper, also of Sarmatian origin, derives from the opposite meaning, "the river on the far side".) Alternatively, according to Vasily Abaev Dniester would be a blend of Scythian dānu "river" and Thracian Ister, the previous name of the river, literally Dān-Ister (River Ister). The Ancient Greek name of Dniester, Tyras (Τύρας), is from Scythian tūra, meaning "rapid".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dniester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.