Bystrytsia (river)

For other uses, see Bystrytsia (disambiguation).

The Bystrytsia (Ukrainian: Бистриця; Polish: Bystrzyca) is a river, a right tributary of the Dniester which flows through Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

Bystrytsia Бистриця
Bystrytsia River near Yezupil
Location
Country	Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	confluence of Bystrytsia Solotvynska and Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska (near Vovchynets, Ivano-Frankivsk)
Mouth	Dniester
• location	Yezupil
• coordinates	49.0422°N 24.8119°E / 49.0422; 24.8119
Length	17 km (11 mi)
Basin size	2,520 km2 (970 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Dniester→ Dniester Estuary→ Black Sea

Bystrytsia river is formed by confluence of Bystrytsia Solotvynska and Bystrytsia Nadvirnianska.

Formation and course

The Bystrytsia-Nadvirnyanska, a typical mountain river; in its lower course (Subcarpathia), a river of the plains, has a length of 94 km (58 mi) and a drainage basin of 1,580 km² (610 sq mi), and the Bystrytsia-Solotvynska half has a length of 82 km (51 mi) and a drainage basin of 795 km² (307 sq mi).

Both of the branches, typical mountain rivers, of the Bystrytsia river take their source in the Gorgany Mountains of the Carpathian mountain range^[1] in the Ukrainian province of Ivano-Frankivsk. With the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, the administrative center of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, the two branches merge, and then flow 17 km (11 mi)^[2] south of Halych near the town of Yezupil, where the river finally flows into the Dniester.

The name, Bystrytsia, comes from the Slavic word "бистрий" - bystry, which is translated as fast or fast moving.

References

1. Mkrtchian, Alexander (Sep 2019). "The terrain of the Bystrytsia river basin".
2. "Bystrytsia River". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.

External links

• Bystrytsia at Encyclopedia of Ukraine.