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&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Siretul_la_Mircesti.jpg) Siret River at Mircești | |
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Siret.png) Path of the Siret [1] | |
| Location | |
| Country | |
| Counties/ Oblasts | |
| Cities | |
| 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.