Dniester

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river transboundary river

The Dniester is a major river in Eastern Europe that flows through Ukraine and Moldova before emptying into the Black Sea.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Dniester River 2
Dniester Liman 1
Dniester River basin 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
transboundary river ⓘ
basinCountry Hungary ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
borderFor Moldova ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryTraversed Moldova ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
dischargeLocation Black Sea ⓘ
drainageArea approximately 72,100 square kilometers ⓘ
drainageBasin Dniester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dniester River basin
emptiesInto Black Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Transnistria ⓘ
formsPartOfBorderBetween Ukraine and Moldova ⓘ
hasDam Dniester Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
Dubăsari Dam ⓘ
hasTributary Byk River ⓘ
Răut ⓘ
Smotrych ⓘ
Zbruch ⓘ
historicalRegionAlong Bessarabia ⓘ
Podolia ⓘ
length approximately 1362 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 846 miles ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Europe ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Bender ⓘ
Dubăsari ⓘ
Mogilev-Podilskyi ⓘ
Soroca ⓘ
Tiraspol ⓘ
mouthFeature Dniester Estuary ⓘ
mouthLocation Black Sea ⓘ
partOf Black Sea drainage system ⓘ
passesNear Lviv region ⓘ
surface form: Lviv Oblast
passesThrough Chernivtsi Oblast ⓘ
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ⓘ
Moldova central regions ⓘ
Odesa Oblast ⓘ
Ternopil Oblast ⓘ
Vinnytsia Oblast ⓘ
sourceCountry Ukraine ⓘ
sourceLocation Carpathian Mountains ⓘ
sourceRegion Western Ukraine ⓘ
terminusNear Dniester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dniester Liman
tributaryOf Black Sea ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea basin
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Right-bank Ukraine → crossedBy → Dniester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dniester River
Dniester → drainageBasin → Dniester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dniester River basin
Transnistria → liesAlong → Dniester ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dniester River
Moldova → majorRiver → Dniester ⓘ
Ukraine → majorRiver → Dniester ⓘ
Black Sea → receivesRiver → Dniester ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Sea
Dniester → terminusNear → Dniester self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dniester Liman