The Bystrytsia (; ) is a river, a right tributary of the

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which flows through

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. Bystrytsia river is formed by confluence of Bystrytsia Solotvynska and Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska.

Formation and course

The ''Bystrytsia-Nadvirnyanska'', a typical mountain river; in its lower course ''(Subcarpathia)'', a river of the plains, has a length of and a

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of , and the ''Bystrytsia-Solotvynska'' half has a length of and a drainage basin of . Both of the branches, typical mountain rivers, of the Bystrytsia river take their source in the '' Gorgany Mountains'' of the

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mountain range in the Ukrainian

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. With the city of

, the administrative center of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, the two branches merge, and then flow south of

Halych Halych (, ; ; ; ; , ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; ) is a historic List of cities in Ukraine, city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia (Eastern Europe), ...

near the town of Yezupil, where the river finally flows into the Dniester. The name, ''Bystrytsia'', comes from the Slavic word "бистрий" - bystry, which is translated as ''fast'' or ''fast moving.''

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