Siret (river)
| Siret | |
|---|---|
Siret River at Mircești | |
| Location | |
| Country | |
| Counties/ Oblasts | |
| Cities | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Eastern Carpathians |
| • location | Chernivtsi O., Ukraine |
| • elevation | 1,238 m (4,062 ft) |
| Mouth | Danube |
• location | Galați |
• coordinates | 45°24′11″N 28°1′27″E / 45.40306°N 28.02417°E |
| Length | 647 km (402 mi) |
| Basin size | 44,811 km2 (17,302 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 250 m3/s (8,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Danube→ Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bârlad |
| • right | Suceava, Moldova, Bistrița, Trotuș, Putna, Buzău |
The Siret or Sireth (Ukrainian: Сірет or Серет, Romanian: Siret pronounced [siˈret], Hungarian: Szeret, Russian: Сирет) is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania before it joins the Danube. It is 647 km (402 mi) long,: 9 of which a 559 km (347 mi) section is in Romania,: 9 and its basin area is 44,811 km2 (17,302 sq mi),: 6 of which 42,890 km2 (16,560 sq mi) in Romania.: 6 Its average discharge is 250 m3/s (8,800 cu ft/s).: 15 In ancient times, it was named Hierasus (Ancient Greek Ιερασός).