Turunchuk River (; ), also called New Dniester is a left branch of the
Dniester 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 Uk ...
, which flows from
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...
to
Ukraine
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, when inflows to the Dniester River near the city of
Biliaivka
Biliaivka (, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the left bank of the Turunchuk River. Lake Safi ...
. The total length of the river is 60 km, width 30 m, depth up to 6 m, in some cases up to 9 m.
Sources
* Природа Приднестровской Молдавской Республики: Учебное пособие для учащихся 8 класса общеобразовательных школ ПМР / Сост. О. З. Лысенко. — Тирасполь, 2003. — 48 с.
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Rivers of Transnistria
Rivers of Odesa Oblast
Moldova–Ukraine border
Geography of Odesa Raion
Biliaivka urban hromada
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