Zolota Lypa ( uk, Золота Липа, pl, Złota Lipa) is a river in

Western Ukraine Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...

. It flows through the Ternopil and

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

s, forming the

Berezhany Lake Berezhany ( uk, Бережани, ; pl, Brzeżany; yi, ברעזשאַן, Brezhan; he, בּז'יז'אני/בּז'ז'ני ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It lies about fr ...

north of the city of Berezhany. It is a left tributary of Dniester, belonging to the

Black Sea basin The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

.The name means "golden Tilia, linden tree" and has the same meaning in all Slavic languages. The river with the opposite meaning Hnyla Lypa ("rotten linden tree) flows parallel 30 km west from Berezhany. Davniemisto

External links

Zolota Lypa River in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993)
{{Ukraine-river-stub Rivers of Lviv Oblast Rivers of Ternopil Oblast