The Cheremosh River (, , ) is a river in western
Ukraine
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, right-bank tributary of the river
Prut
The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth; , uk, Прут) is a long river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube. In part of its course it forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine.
Characteristics
The Prut originat ...
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Description
It is formed by confluence of two upper streams of the river ''Bilyi Cheremosh'' (White Cheremosh) and ''Chornyi Cheremosh'' (Black Cheremosh) near the village Usteriky ( Verkhovyna Raion) and has a length of .[Evaluarea hidrologică a bazinului r. Prut]
L. Chirică Chornyi Cheremosh is 87 km long with a basin of 856 km2 and Bilyi Cheremosh is 61 km long with a basin of 606 km2.
at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
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The river starts in the Carpathian Mountains
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and flows roughly SW to NE. It leaves the ''Bukovina Obchinas'' (a mountain range in Outer Eastern Carpathians stretching in Ukraine and Romania) to the river's right, and the historic subregion of Pokuttya
Pokuttia, also known as Pokuttya or Pokutia ( uk, Покуття, Pokuttya; pl, Pokucie; german: Pokutien; ro, Pocuția), is a historical area of East-Central Europe, situated between the Dniester and Cheremosh rivers and the Carpathian Mounta ...
to the river's left side.
It flows along the borderline of the historic regions of Bukovina
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and Galicia.[ In the Middle Ages and the early modern era, it was part of the borderline between the ]Principality of Moldavia
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and Kingdom of Poland
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Historical political entities
* Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031
* Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...
.[ Currently it runs along the borderline between the ]Ivano-Frankivsk
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and Chernivtsi Oblast
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s.
Both banks in the upper part of the river are inhabited by Hutsuls
The Hutsuls (sometimes the spelling variant: Gutsuls; uk, Гуцули, translit=Hutsuly; pl, Huculi, Hucułowie; ro, huțuli) are an ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine and Romania (i.e. parts of Bukovina and Maramureș). Th ...
.
Rafting on Cheremosh river
It's hard to find another river on the territory of the former USSR that would be so popular and respectable among water tourists irrespective of its relatively small length. The tradition to hold sports rafting was initiated at the end of the 1950s and in 1967 near the village of Biloberizka and Petrashi the first all-Ukrainian competitions in water tourism on canoe. Since then the Cheremosh has become an avowed arena for holding national competitions, which actually turned into international events due to participation of crews from other countries. The traditions have not been lost up to now and the international popularity of the river grows with every passing year. Why is the Cheremosh so attractive? First, it attracts by unsurpassed beauty of the nature, diversity of the very water-way and the full complex of natural obstacles peculiar for mountain rivers ranging to the highest categories of complexity. The river is full of sudden turns, rapids, shivers (chaotic conglomeration of rocks in the river), floodgates, gorges, and whirlpools that do not allow the knights of oars and a life jacket to relax even for a single minute. The Cheremosh has two faces: mountainous and flat, consequently, after stormy scuffles and troubles in its head water you will feel the pleasure of quiet rest in its lower reaches. A very important advantage of the Cheremosh is the proximity of populated localities where you can stop for night in tourist camps or in private houses since the crucial element in any water trip is the issue of overnight stay under normal conditions: you cannot put too much equipment to a kayak or a canoe! Another important and favourable factor is the convenience of access roads and sufficiently long season of rafting — from early spring to late autumn.
Gallery
Черемоський іхтіологічний заказник.JPG,
Cheremosh (2).JPG,
Cheremosh (3).JPG,
Вид на Черемош.jpg,
Chornyi cheremosh.JPG, Chornyi Cheremosh
Річка Черемош 3.jpg,
Повноводний Черемош.jpg,
Річка Черемош 2.jpg,
External links
Water routes on Cheremosh river
Rafting on Cheremosh river
Towns in basin
* Verkhovyna
* Kuty
* Vyzhnytsya
* Vashkivtsi
See also
*Pokuttya
Pokuttia, also known as Pokuttya or Pokutia ( uk, Покуття, Pokuttya; pl, Pokucie; german: Pokutien; ro, Pocuția), is a historical area of East-Central Europe, situated between the Dniester and Cheremosh rivers and the Carpathian Mounta ...
*Bukovina
Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter Berge ...
* Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company, named for the river
References
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Bukovina
Rivers of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Rivers of Chernivtsi Oblast
Tributaries of the Prut
Poland–Romania border