The Dniester (Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister), Romanian Nistru, Russian Днестр (Dnestr) and during antiquity was called Tyras in Latin) is a river in Eastern Europe. It rises in Ukraine, near Drohobych close to the border with Poland, and flows toward the Black Sea. For a short while it marks the border of Ukraine and Moldova, after which it separates Moldova and Transnistria for 398 km. It leaves this region and becomes the Moldova-Ukraine border again, then flows through Ukraine to the Black Sea, where its estuary forms the Dniester Liman.

Before World War II the Dniester formed part of the boundary between Romania and the Soviet Union. During the war battles were fought on the banks of the river between the German and Romanian invaders and the Soviet defenders.

The name Dniester derives from Scythian or Sarmatian *Dānu nazdya "the river to the front".

External links

• Dniester watershed resource maps (PDF) - Land cover and use variables, basin indicators, biodiversity information and indicators.
• http://www.dniester.org
• http://www.moldavie.fr/article.php3?id_article=129 (in French)
• Dniester photo gallery

Rivers of Moldova | Rivers of Ukraine

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