Bystrytsia (river)

The Bystrytsia (Ukrainian: Бистриця; Polish: Bystrzyca) is a river, a right tributary of the Dniester which flows through Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

For other uses, see Bystrytsia (disambiguation).
Bystrytsia
Бистриця
Bystrytsia River near Yezupil
Location
CountryUkraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationconfluence of Bystrytsia of Solotvyn and Bystrytsia of Nadvirna (near Vovchynets, Ivano-Frankivsk)
MouthDniester
 • location
Yezupil
 • coordinates
49.0422°N 24.8119°E / 49.0422; 24.8119
Length17 km (11 mi)
Basin size2,520 km2 (970 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionDniester→ Dniester Estuary→ Black Sea

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 94 km (58 mi) and a drainage basin of 1,580 km2 (610 sq mi), and the Bystrytsia-Solotvynska half has a length of 82 km (51 mi) and a drainage basin of 795 km2 (307 sq mi).

Both of the branches, typical mountain rivers, of the Bystrytsia river take their source in the Gorgany Mountains of the Carpathian mountain range[1] in the Ukrainian province of Ivano-Frankivsk. With the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, the administrative center of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, the two branches merge, and then flow 17 km (11 mi)[2] south of Halych 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.

References
  1. Mkrtchian, Alexander (Sep 2019). "The terrain of the Bystrytsia river basin".
  2. "Bystrytsia River". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
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