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The Dniester (/ ˈniːstər / NEE-stər) [3][4][5][a] 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 Ukrainian territory again.
The park's boundaries follow the Dniester River for 100 km as it flows from northwest to southeast in western Ukraine. For much of this length, the park is only about 5 – 10 km wide, centered on the river. There are over 50 significant caves in the park, cut in the Travertine rock. These include the Ozerna (105 km) and Optymistychna (230 km ...
Dniester Canyon at the village of Pylypche, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. Dniester Canyon is located in southwestern Ukraine along a 250 km (160 mi) segment of the Dniester, extending from the mouth of Zolota Lypa River, near the village of Nyzhniv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, to the Dniester Hydroelectric Station near Novodnistrovsk, Chernivtsi Oblast. [2]
Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman (Ukrainian: Дністровський лиман; Romanian: Limanul Nistrului) is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine , in Odesa Oblast , and connects Budjak to the Ukrainian mainland.
As is common with national parks in Ukraine, Lower Dniester is allocated among different zones - nature protection, regulated recreation, stationary recreation, and economic use. The southern part of the park on the Gulf of Karogol is an ichthyological reserve where fishing is prohibited. Protected area in Lower Dniester Park
Wallachian and Slavic settlement. Transnistria was an early crossroads of people and cultures, including the South Slavs, who reached it in the 6th century. Some East Slavic tribes (Ulichs and Tivertsy) may have lived in it, but they were pushed further north by Turkic nomads such as Pechenegs and the Cumans. [7]
At the same time, some areas which are situated on the right bank of the Dniester are under PMR control. These areas consist of the city of Bender with its suburb Proteagailovca , the communes Gîsca , Chițcani (including villages Mereneşti and Zahorna), and the commune of Cremenciug , formally [ clarification needed ] in the Căușeni ...
The Dnieper–Donets culture complex (DDCC) (ca. 5th—4th millennium BC) is a Mesolithic and later Neolithic archaeological culture found north of the Black Sea and dating to ca. 5000-4200 BC. It has many parallels with the Samara culture, and was succeeded by the Sredny Stog culture. [2]