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The name Dniester derives from Sarmatian dānu nazdya "the close river". [7] The Dnieper , also of Sarmatian origin, derives from the opposite meaning, "the river on the far side".) Alternatively, according to Vasily Abaev Dniester would be a blend of Scythian dānu "river" and Thracian Ister , the previous name of the river, literally Dān ...
A few western Ukraine rivers drain to the north west through Poland to the Baltic Sea, as part of the Western Bug drainage basin. The most notable rivers of Ukraine include the Dnieper, Dniester, Southern Buh, and Siverskyi Donets. The longest river is the Dnieper, the longest tributary is the Dnieper's tributary Desna.
Dzygivka is part of the Dniester River Basin, which encompasses 7 oblasts of Ukraine and half of the territory of Moldova and includes a population of approximately 8 million people. [6] Moldova , Transnistria and Ukraine are working in a trans-boundary cooperation towards sustainable management of the Dniester River Basin.
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.
The river is a right tributary of the Dniester, and flows through parts of Lviv Oblast. [2] The river has a total length of 73 kilometres (45 mi), and a basin size of 1,160 square kilometres (450 sq mi). [3]
In the southwest, the catchment area of the Dnieper borders on the Southern Bug Basin, [4] which attaches laterally to the catchment area of the Dnieper. To the west is a small border with the Dniester Basin, as well as the Vistula Basin. In the northwest, the Dnieper River basin borders the Neman Basin and the Daugava Basin.
Barysh (Ukrainian: Бариш) is a river in Ukraine, which flows within the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. Left tributary of the river Dniester from the Black Sea basin. [1] [2] Length 38 km, basin area 186 km 2. It originates on the northern slopes of the Podolian Upland, near the village of Ozeriany, Chortkiv Raion. [1] [2]
The bay was created in 1976 following the creation of the Dniester Reservoir on the Dniester River. It is 194 km (121 mi) long and holds a volume of 3 km 3 (0.72 cu mi) of water. A buffer reservoir with a length of 17 km (11 mi) and a capacity of 0.031 km 3 (0.0074 cu mi) is located downstream.