The Bystrytsia ( uk, Бистриця; pl, Bystrzyca) is a river, a right tributary of the

Dniester 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 through

Ivano-Frankivsk Raion Ivano-Frankivsk Raion ( uk, Івано-Франківський район, translit=Ivano-Frankiwśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions ...

, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Bystrytsia river is formed by confluence of '' Bystrytsia of Solotvyn'' and '' Bystrytsia of Nadvirna''.

Formation and course

The ''Bystrytsia-Nadvirnyanska'', a typical mountain river; in its lower course ''(Subcarpathia)'', a river of the plains, has a length of and a drainage basin of , and the ''Bystrytsia-Solotvynska'' half has a length of and a drainage basin of . Both of the branches, typical mountain rivers, of the Bystrytsia river take their sourch in the '' Gorgany Mountains'' of the Carpathian mountain range in the Ukrainian

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of Ivano-Frankivsk. With the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, the administrative center of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, the two branches merge, and then flow south of

Halych Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the P ...

near the town of Yezupil, where the river finally flows into the Dniester. The name, ''Bystrytsia'', comes from the Slavic word "бистрий" - bystry, which is translated as ''fast'' or ''fast moving.''

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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 ...

. Rivers of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast {{Ukraine-river-stub