Suceava (river) explained

Suceava
Map:Raul Suceava.png
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Ukraine, Romania
Subdivision Type2:Counties
Subdivision Name2:Chernivtsi Oblast, Suceava County
Subdivision Type3:Towns
Subdivision Name3:Suceava
Source1:Obcina Mestecăniș Mountains
Source1 Location:Northern Bucovina, Romania
Mouth:Siret
Mouth Location:Liteni, Romania
Mouth Coordinates:47.5219°N 26.5503°W

The Suceava (Ukrainian: Сучава Suchava, Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Suceava, Hungarian: Szucsáva) is a river located in the north-east of Romania (Suceava County) and western Ukraine (Chernivtsi Oblast). It is a right tributary of the river Siret.[1] It discharges into the Siret in the town Liteni,[2] 21 km south-east of the city of Suceava.

It rises from the Obcina Mestecăniș Mountains in Bukovina, near the border with Ukraine. The total length of the Suceava from its source to its confluence with the Siret is 173km (107miles).[3] Its basin area is 2625km2,[4] of which 2298km2 in Romania.[3]

Towns and villages

The following towns and villages are situated along the river Suceava, from source to mouth: Izvoarele Sucevei, Shepit, Seliatyn, Ulma, Brodina, Vicovu de Jos, Bilca, Dornești, Satu Mare, Suceava, Verești.

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Suceava (from source to mouth):

Left: Aluniș, Izvor, Cobilioara, Garbanevski, Melesh, Rapochev, Rusca, Ulma, Sadău, Falcău, Caraula, Șicova, Bilca Mare, Petrimiasa, Târnauca, Climăuț, Ruda, Horaiț, Hatnuța, Pătrăuțeanca, Dragomirna, Mitoc, Podul Vătafului, Plopeni, Salcea

Right: Pogonișoara, Nisipitu, Brodina, Pârâul Ascuns, Valea Boului, Putna, Vicov, Remezeu, Voitinel, Pozen, Sucevița, Solca, Soloneț, Ilișești, Șcheia, Râul Târgului, Udești, Racova

Notes and References

  1. Ovidiu Gabor - Web site: Economic Mechanism in Water Management . 2009-03-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090305111215/http://www.riob.org/euro-riob/cracovie/27_sep_2004/costrecoverymechanism.pdf . 5 March 2009 ., map page 10
  2. http://www.e-calauza.ro/index.php?afiseaza=pluta_noua&rau=55 Suceava (jud. Suceava)
  3. http://www.rowater.ro/dasiret/planul%20de%20management%20al%20bazinului%20hidrografic%20sire/planul%20de%20management%20al%20spatiului%20hidrografic%20siret/plan%20management%20sh%20siret%20-%20vol.%20i.pdf Planul de management al spațiului hidrografic Siret
  4. http://www.seminarcantemir.uaic.ro/index.php/cantemir/article/viewFile/772/752 Caracteristics of the Surface Discharge in the Basin of Suceava River