Dnestr

River Nistru, one of the major water arteries of the north-western Black-Sea, during all times and epochs has been the concentration of human activity. On both of its banks has always been very lively.

The river has got many names-Tiras, Donastris, Dnestr. As many names as representations of it. Many events and destinies are linked with these silent and cunning, cold and warm, hospitable and hostile waters.

The uniqueness of these places have repeatedly noted in his travel notes famous travelers of the past. Many cultural and historical, ethnographic and archaeological monuments anyways somehow are connected with the shores of this river.

Length - 1352 km, basin area - 72,1 thousand km. It starts from the  Carpathian Mountains at an height of 900 m, flows into the Dniester estuary of the Black Sea. In the upper reaches Nistru flows into a deep narrow valley and has the character of fast mountain river.

The speed of flow in this area is 2-2,5 m / sec. Here in the Nistru flows into a large number of tributaries, mostly on the right, originating from the slopes of the Carpathians. The largest of the tributaries in this area-Stry.

Beneath Galic the flow is getting quiet, but the valley remains narrow and deep. Generally reaches of the tributaries flow only from left: Gold Lipa, Strypa, Siret, Zbruch, Smotrich Murafa.
Length within Moldova - 660 km. Basin area within Moldova - 19,070 km, representing 57% of its territory.

Below Mogilev-Podolsky the valley widens slightly, but before  the village Vyhvatintsy from the  Ribnita district Nistru is still flowing in a deep, narrow canyon valley with steep and rocky shores, jagged in ravines. On the territory from the village of Camenca to the city Dubasari extends the Dubasari reservoir stretching about 120 kilometers

South of the Dubasari,the  Nistru valley  expands visibly, reaching in its lower part up to 10-16 km. Here, the channel slopes are very small, and the river forms  large bend – meanders, the marshes begin.

In the lower river course Raut, Bic, Botna fall from the right into the Nistru. Over 146 km to the mouth, below the village Chobruchi,to the  left from the Nistru departs the Turunchuk sleeve, which again will connect to the Nistru through the lake White, 20 km from the mouth. Nistru flows into the Nistru estuary, which length is 40 km

Nistru - one of the nine most important largest waterways in Europe and one of the most interesting rivers in the region. In the past, a variety of different cultural worlds, communities and traditions developed on its banks.

In many countries rivers become national symbols, a collective image of the historical and civilization events that had ever taken place on its banks. It is hard to imagine Egypt  without the Nile,Germany without the Rhine, Ukraine without the Nipru. In this sense Nistru for Moldova is the river of life!