Dniester

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Dniester
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Origin	Ukrainian Carpathians
Mouth	Black Sea
Basin Countries	Ukraine, Moldova
Length	1,362 km (846 mi)
Source Elevation	1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Avg. Discharge	310 m³/s (10,949 ft³/s)
Watershed Area	72,100 km² (27,838 mi²)

The Dniester is a river in Eastern Europe. It rises in Ukraine, near the border with Poland, and flows toward the Black Sea. For a short while it marks the border of Ukraine and Moldova, after this on the east bank is the breakaway region of Transnistria. It leaves this region and becomes the international border again, then flows through Ukraine to the Black Sea.

The Dniester is known in Polish as Dniestr, Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister), Romanian Nistru, Russian Днестр (Dnestr), and during antiquity was called Tyras in Latin.

External links

• Dniester watershed resource maps (PDF) - Land cover and use variables, basin indicators, biodiversity information and indicators.
• Dniester expedition of the Lion Society (Ukrainian language) - boat touring on the Dniester.