Prut

Prut
Porata, Pyretus
Prut; Porata, Pyretus
	Prut River near Hoverla, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
	Map of the Prut River
Location
Country	Ukraine, Romania, Moldova
Oblasts/; Counties/; Districts	Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk O., ; Chernivtsi O.; Romania: Botoșani C., Iași C., ; Vaslui C., Galați C.; Moldova Briceni D., Edineț D., ; Rîșcani D., Glodeni D., Fălești D., ; Ungheni D., Nisporeni D., ; Hîncești D., Leova D., Cantemir D., ; Cahul D.
Cities	Kolomyia, Chernivtsi, Ungheni, ; Leova, Cahul
Physical characteristics
Source	Carpathian Mountains
• location	Mt. Hoverla, Ivano-Frankivsk O., Ukraine
Mouth	Danube
• location	Giurgiulești, Romania/Moldova
• coordinates	45°28′8″N 28°12′28″E / 45.46889°N 28.20778°E
Length	953 km (592 mi)
Basin size	27,540 km2 (10,630 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	mouth
• average	110 m3/s (3,900 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• right	Cheremosh, Jijia
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Prut River Headwaters
Designated	20 March 2019
Reference no.	2395

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,^[2]^[3] and is 953 km (592 mi) long.^[4] Part of its course forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine.

^ "Prut River Headwaters". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
^ "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. 1022–1024.
^ Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 445–463. OCLC 895459847. River code: XIII.1
^ O. Islam; A. Savin; T. Belous (December 2006). "Prut River Basin Management - Case Study" (PDF). Centre for Environmentally Sustainable Economic Policy. p. 15.