Pripyat (river)

Pripyat
Prypiat, Prypiać, Prypeć
Pripyat; Prypiat, Prypiać, Prypeć
	Pripyat River
	Course of the Pripyat River
Location
Country	Ukraine, Belarus
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Volyn Oblast, Ukraine
• coordinates	51°28′05″N 24°18′54″E / 51.468°N 24.315°E
Mouth	Dnieper
• location	Kyiv Reservoir
• coordinates	51°09′31″N 30°29′27″E / 51.15861°N 30.49083°E
Length	761 km (473 mi)
Basin size	121,000 km2 (47,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	377 m3/s (13,300 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Pina, Yaselda, Tsna, Lan, Sluch, Ptsich, Brahinka
• right	Turiya, Stokhid, Styr, Horyn, Stsviha, Ubort, Zhelon, Slovechna, Uzh

The Pripyat or Prypiat (/ˈpriːpjət, ˈprɪp-/ PREE-pyət, PRIP-yət, Ukrainian: Прип'ять, IPA: [ˈprɪpjɐtʲ]; Belarusian: Прыпяць, romanized: Prypiać, IPA: [ˈprɨpʲat͡sʲ]; Polish: Prypeć, IPA: [ˈprɨpɛtɕ]; Russian: Припять, IPA: [ˈprʲipʲɪtʲ] ^ⓘ) is a river in Eastern Europe. The river, which is approximately 761 km (473 mi) long,^[1] flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper.

^ "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. Main characteristics of the largest rivers of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2013.