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 before it joins the Danube. It is 726 km (451 mi) long, of which 559 km (347 mi) in Romania, and its basin area is 47,610 km2 (18,380 sq mi), of which 42,890 km2 (16,560 sq mi) in Romania.[1] 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, Pașcani, 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, Vulpășești, Țiganca, Icușești, Glodeni, Râpaș, Pârâul Morii, Răcătău, Fulgeriș, Polocin, Lupa, Bârlad, Călmățui, Gerului, Mălina, Cătușa.
Right: Găvan, Negostina, Verehia, Baranca, Leahu, Hănțești, Grigorești, Sălăgeni, Suceava, Șomuzul Mic, Șomuzul Mare, Probota, Conțeasca, Ruja, Valea Părului, Podul Turcului, Tămășeni, Moldova, Valea Neagră, Turbata, Bistrița, Cleja, Răcăciuni, Orbeni, Valea Seacă, 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.[2] 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.[2]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Romania floods kill 21". Times of Malta. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
External links
- Administrația Națională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - București
- Institutul de Meteorologie și Hidrologie - Rîurile României - București 1971
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