Siret (river)

Siret
Siret
	Siret River at Mircești
	Path of the Siret [1]
Location
Country	Ukraine, Romania
Counties/; Oblasts	Chernivtsi O., Botoșani C., Suceava C., Neamț C., Iași C., Bacău C., Vrancea C., Galați C.
Cities	Pașcani, Roman, Bacău, Galați
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.^[1]^[2] It is 647 km (402 mi) long,^[3]^: 9 of which a 559 km (347 mi) section is in Romania,^[2]^[3]^: 9^[4] and its basin area is 44,811 km² (17,302 sq mi),^[3]^: 6 of which 42,890 km² (16,560 sq mi) in Romania.^[2]^[3]^: 6^[4] Its average discharge is 250 m³/s (8,800 cu ft/s).^[3]^: 15 In ancient times, it was named Hierasus (Ancient Greek Ιερασός).

^ "Planul național de management. Sinteza planurilor de management la nivel de bazine/spații hidrografice, anexa 7.1" (PDF, 5.1 MB). Administrația Națională Apele Române. 2010. pp. 898–900.
^ ^a ^b ^c Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 365–438. OCLC 895459847. River code: XII.1
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Planul de management al spațiului hidrografic Siret, Administrația Națională Apele Române
^ ^a ^b Dăscălița, Dan (2011). "Integrated water monitoring system applied by Siret river basin administration from Romania" (PDF). Present Environment and Sustainable Development. 5 (2): 45–60. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[RO_Annex7898-900-1] "Planul național de management. Sinteza planurilor de management la nivel de bazine/spații hidrografice, anexa 7.1" (PDF, 5.1 MB). Administrația Națională Apele Române. 2010. pp. 898–900.

[RO_Atlas365-438XII.1-2] Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 365–438. OCLC 895459847. River code: XII.1

[rowater-3] Planul de management al spațiului hidrografic Siret, Administrația Națională Apele Române

[Das-4] Dăscălița, Dan (2011). "Integrated water monitoring system applied by Siret river basin administration from Romania" (PDF). Present Environment and Sustainable Development. 5 (2): 45–60. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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