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The Moldova (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced ⓘ, German: Moldau) is a river in Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia.It is a right tributary of the river Siret. [1] [2] [3] The river rises from the Obcina Feredeu Mountains of Bukovina in Suceava County and joins the Siret in Cotu Vameș, east of the city of Roman in Neamț County. [4]
Geography of Moldova. Located in Eastern Europe, Moldova is bordered on the west and southwest by Romania and on the north, south, and east by Ukraine. Most of its territory lies in Bessarabia region, between the area's two main rivers, the Nistru and the Prut. The Nistru forms a small part of Moldova's border with Ukraine in the northeast and ...
River Length () draining in Important cities Total In Moldova Dniester: 1352 657: Black Sea: Soroca, Rîbnița, Tighina, Tiraspol: Prut: 967 695: Danube: Ungheni ...
Chișinău is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc, a tributary of the Dniester. Moldova's second-largest city is Tiraspol , which lies on the eastern bank of the Dniester and is the capital of the unrecognised breakaway region of Transnistria .
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 Vltava (/ ˈvʊltəvə, ˈvʌl -/ VU (U)L-tə-və, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ]Czech: [ˈvl̩tava] ⓘ; German: Moldau [ˈmɔldaʊ] ⓘ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague, and finally merging with the Elbe at ...
Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced ⓘ or Țara Moldovei lit. ' The country of Moldova '; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a historical region and former principality in Central and Eastern Europe, [8] [9] [10] corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River.
The Stânca-Costești Dam, operated jointly by Moldova and Romania, is built on the Prut. There is also a Hydro-Electric Station in Sniatyn . Ships travel from the river's mouth to the port city of Leova (southern Moldova). The lowermost part of the basin is strongly marshy. The average discharge at its mouth is 110 m 3 /s (3,900 cu ft/s). [5]