Romen (river) explained

Romen
Mouth Coordinates:50.7456°N 33.5042°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:111km (69miles)
Discharge1 Avg:3m3/s
Basin Size:1645km2

The Romen (;) is a right tributary of the Sula with a length of 111 km and a drainage basin of 1,645 km². It begins in the northern Ukrainian Oblast of Chernihiv and flows into the Sula near the Sumy Oblast city of Romny. The average discharge quantity amounts to 3 m³/s at the delta.

The name is of Baltic origin, cognate with the Lithuanian romus ('quiet').[1]

References

  1. E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 355.