Turunchuk River ( ro, Turunciuc; uk, Турунчук), also called New Dniester is a left branch of the
Dniester River
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
, which flows from
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
to
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 ...
, when inflows to the Dniester River near the city of
Bilyayivka
Biliaivka ( uk, Біля́ївка, translit=Biliaivka, ) is a city in Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Biliaivka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The city is located in the Dniester Delta, on the l ...
. The total length of the river is 60 km, width 30 m, depth up to 6 m, in some cases up to 9 m.
Sources
* Природа Приднестровской Молдавской Республики: Учебное пособие для учащихся 8 класса общеобразовательных школ ПМР / Сост. О. З. Лысенко. — Тирасполь, 2003. — 48 с.
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Rivers of Transnistria
Rivers of Odesa Oblast
Moldova–Ukraine border
Geography of Odesa Raion
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