The Ialpug ( ro, Râul Ialpug, uk, Ялпуг) is a river that crosses
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...
and the
Odessa Oblast
Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administ ...
of
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 rises in the vicinity of the village
Tomai,
Leova District
Leova District is a district ( ro, raion) in the central part of Moldova, bordering Romania, with the administrative center at Leova. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 53,800.
History
Localities with the oldest documentary attestation of ...
), flows in the south direction in parallel with the
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 originates ...
,
Cimișlia District
Cimișlia () is a district ( ro, raion) in southern Moldova, situated between the capital of Chișinău and the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia ( ro, Găgăuzia), with its administrative center ( ro, Oraș-reședință) being the town of ...
,
Gagauzia,
Taraclia District
Taraclia (, ) is a district () in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Taraclia.
As of 1 January 2012, its population was 44,100, 65.6% of whom were ethnic Bulgarians. The district covers an area of and has the lowest popula ...
, then
Bolhrad Raion
Bolhrad Raion ( uk, Болградський район; ro, Raionul Bolgrad) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bolhrad. Population:
On ...
in Ukraine and flow into
Lake Yalpuh
Yalpuh ( uk, Озеро Ялпуг) is a freshwater lake located in the southern Ukrainian oblast of Odessa. The largest natural lake in Ukraine, it covers an area of 149 km², has an average depth of about two metres, a maximum depth of ...
near the city of
Bolhrad.
History
In his paper ''Descriptio Moldaviae'' (Description of Moldavia), written in Latin 1714–1716, the scholar voivode
Dimitrie Cantemir
Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir (, russian: Дмитрий Кантемир; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Romanian prince, statesman, and man of letters, regarded as one of the most significant e ...
thus describes this river: "Cahulul, Salcia and Ialpuhul, which are in Moldavia and Bessarabia, increase the Danube. Of the latter, only the Ialpuh flows without consistency, the others are more stable than flowing."
[Dimitrie Cantemir - ''Descrierea Moldovei'' (Ed. Minerva, București, 1981), p. 35]
References
Rivers of Odesa Oblast
Rivers of Moldova
International rivers of Europe
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