The Seret ( Ukrainian: Серéт) is the left

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of the

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that flows through the

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an obl ...

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. It is long and its basin area is .Серет

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The towns of

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

, Terebovlia and

Chortkiv Chortkiv ( uk, Чортків; pl, Czortków; yi, ''Chortkov'') is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local adminis ...

sit along the river's banks. Some of the bloodiest fighting of

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took place on the banks of the Seret.

Location

It consists of the merger of several small rivers near the village of Ratyshchi district. Seretha hills are located between the hills of Voronyaky, the middle current - within the

plateau, the lower reaches - in the

canyon area. The main direction of the current from north to south (partly to the southeast).

Usage

Water is used for technical water supply, agricultural needs, fish breeding; there are recreational zones.

Tributaries

*Right: Hrabarka, Seret-Pravyi, Smolyanka, , Nesterivka, Dovzhanka, Bridok, Nishla, Hnyla Rudka, Pereima, , Cherkaska, *Left: , , (the largest tributary),

References

Rivers of Ternopil Oblast {{Ukraine-river-stub