River
Prut
River
Prut is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 47.69°, 27.28°
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About Prut
The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth; Romanian pronunciation: [prut], Ukrainian: Прут) is a river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube and is 953 km (592 mi) long. Part of its course forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Prut (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Prut: Key Facts
| Length | 953 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 121 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 27,500 km² |
| Source | Carpathians |
| Mouth | Danube |
| Drainage system | Danube basin |
| Tributaries | Cheremosh River, Jijia River, Pistynka, Rybnytsya |
Facts from Wikidata Q182445 (CC0).
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Prut: Quick Answers
- Where is Prut?
- Prut is located in Moldova and Romania and Ukraine, at 47.6932° N, 27.2806° E.
- Are there dams on the Prut?
- No dam on the Prut is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.