The Dniester is a large river of eastern Europe. It starts on the north side of the Carpathian Mountains. It flows through Ukraine, Transnistria and Moldova for 840 miles (1,350 kilometres). It ends at the Black Sea near Odesa. It is the second longest river in Ukraine.
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 Rîbnița and the Dniester |
 Map of the Dniester basin |
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| Country | Ukraine, Moldova,
Transnistria (unrecognized) |
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| Cities | Tiraspol, Bender, Rîbnița, Drohobych |
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| - location | Eastern Beskids (Ukrainian Carpathians) |
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| - coordinates | 49°12′44″N 22°55′40″E |
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| - elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
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| Mouth | Black Sea |
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| - location | Odesa Oblast |
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| - coordinates | 46°21′0″N 30°14′0″E |
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| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
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| Length | 1,362 km (846 mi) |
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| Basin size | 68,627 km2 (26,497 sq mi) |
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| Discharge | |
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| - average | 310 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s) |
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| Tributaries | |
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| - left | Murafa, Smotrych, Zbruch, Seret, Strypa, Zolota Lypa, Stryi |
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| - right | Botna, Bîc, Răut, Svicha, Lomnytsia, Ichel |
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| Official name | Lower Dniester |
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| Designated | 20 August 2003 |
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| Reference no. | 1316[2] |
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| Official name | Dnister River Valley |
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| Designated | 20 March 2019 |
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| Reference no. | 2388[3] |
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