Siret (river)
The Siret or Sireth (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ro pronounced [siˈret], Template:Lang-hu, Template:Lang-ru) is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins the Danube. In ancient times, it was named Hierasus (Ancient Greek Ιερασός).
Towns and villages
The following towns and villages are situated along the river Siret, from source to mouth: Berehomet, Storozhynets, Siret, Grămești, Zvoriștea, Liteni, Dolhasca, Paşcani, Stolniceni-Prăjescu, Roman, Bacău, Adjud, Mărășești, Galați.
Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Siret:
Left: Bahna, Molnița, Bahna, Gârla Sirețel, Gârla Huțanilor, Vorona, Pleșu, Turbata, Pitrosul, Trestioara, Sirețel, Sodomeni, Stolniceni, Hărmănești, Pârâul Țigăncilor, Mihailei, Boca, Albuia, Vulpăşeşti, Țiganca, Icuşeşti, Glodeni, Râpaș, Pârâul Morii, Răcătău, Fulgeriş, Polocin, Lupa, Bârlad, Călmățui, Gerului, Mălina, Fălcoaia, Cătușa
Right: Găvan, Negostina, Verehia, Baranca, Leahu, Hănţeşti, Grigoreşti, Sălăgeni, Suceava, Șomuzul Mic, Șomuzul Mare, Probota, Conţeasca, Ruja, Valea Părului, Podul Turcului, Tămășeni, Moldova, Valea Neagră, Turbata, Bistrița, Cleja, Răcăciuni, Orbeni, Botohan, Fântânele, Conțești, Trotuș, Valea Boului, Carecna, Zăbrăuți, Șușița, Gârla Morilor, Putna, Leica, Râmnicul Sărat, Buzău
2010 floodings
During July 2010, Gheorghe Flutur, president of Suceava County, told the Mediafax news agency his region was one of the worst hit in the country in the morning of the 29th as he co-ordinated local flood relief work in his stricken county.[1] Later that day the River Siret threatened to break through the dykes protecting the town of Șendreni, as locals and emergency services reinforced the dykes with truckloads of sandbags to prevent the river breaking out and flooding the town.[1]
See also
References
External links
- Administrația Națională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - București
- Institutul de Meteorologie și Hidrologie - Rîurile României - București 1971
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