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Racovăț (Prut)
The Racovăț ( uk, Раковець - ''Rakovets'') is a long left tributary of the river Prut in western Ukraine and northern Moldova. L. Chirică Its source is near the village of Hvizdivtsi (Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine). After a few kilometers, it crosses into Moldova. It flows through the villages Clocușna, Hădărăuți, Corestăuți, Marcăuți, Briceni, Marcăuți, Bălcăuți, Briceni, Bălcăuți, Halahora de Sus, Tîrnova, Edineț, Tîrnova, Gordinești, Edineț, Gordinești and Brînzeni, and it discharges into the Prut near the village Corpaci, on the border with Romania. Its largest tributary is the Draghiște, which flows into the Racovăț near Brînzeni. References Rivers of Moldova Rivers of Chernivtsi Oblast Tri ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prut
The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth; , uk, Прут) is a long river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube. In part of its course it forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine. Characteristics The Prut originates on the eastern slope of Mount Hoverla, in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine ( Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast). At first, the river flows to the north. Near Yaremche it turns to the northeast, and near Kolomyia to the south-east. Having reached the border between Moldova and Romania, it turns even more to the south-east, and then to the south. It eventually joins the Danube near Giurgiulești, east of Galați and west of Reni. Between 1918 and 1939, the river was partly in Poland and partly in Greater Romania (Romanian: ''România Mare''). Prior to World War I, it served as a border between Romania and the Russian Empire. After World War II, the river once again denoted a border, this time between Romania and the Soviet Union. Nowadays, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
