Pripyat (river)
| Pripyat Prypiat, Prypiać, Prypeć | |
|---|---|
Pripyat River | |
Course of the Pripyat River | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine, Belarus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Volyn Oblast, Ukraine |
| • coordinates | 51°20′00″N 23°47′26″E / 51.3333°N 23.7905°E |
| Mouth | Dnieper |
• location | Kyiv Reservoir |
• coordinates | 51°09′31″N 30°29′27″E / 51.15861°N 30.49083°E |
| Length | 761 km (473 mi) |
| Basin size | 121,000 km2 (47,000 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 377 m3/s (13,300 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pina, Yaselda, Tsna, Lan, Sluch, Ptsich, Brahinka |
| • right | Turiya, Stokhid, Styr, Horyn, Stsviha, Ubort, Zhelon, Slovechna, Uzh |
The Pripyat or Prypiat is a river in Eastern Europe. The river, which is approximately 761 km (473 mi) long, flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and into Ukraine again, before draining into the Dnieper at Kyiv Reservoir.