The Bystrytsia of Solotvyn ( uk, Бистриця Солотвинська) is a river in
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of western
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. It joins the
Bystrytsia of Nadvirna just north of
Ivano-Frankivsk creating the
Bystrytsia River
The Bystrytsia ( uk, Бистриця; pl, Bystrzyca) is a river, a right tributary of the Dniester which flows through Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
Bystrytsia river is formed by confluence of '' Bystrytsia of Solotvyn'' and ...
. Its name is based on the town of
Solotvyn
Solotvyn ( uk, Солотвин, pl, Sołotwina) is an urban-type settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, 40 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. Solotvyn hosts the administration of Solotvyn settlement hromada, one of the hro ...
through which the river passes.
It originates on the northern foothills of Small Syvulia mountain (
Gorgany
Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1 ...
mountain massif). Its length is and basin is .
The river has some tributary rivers: the Manyavka, the Sadzhavka, the Radchanka, and the Great Lukavets.
External links
Bystrytsia Solotvynska Riverat
Encyclopedia of Ukraine
The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies.
Development
The work was creat ...
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Rivers of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
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