Country Ukraine, Belarus River mouth Dnieper Source elevation 117 m Mouth Dnieper | Main source Ukraine Length 775 km Source Ukraine Countries Ukraine, Belarus | |
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Basin size 121,000 km (47,000 sq mi) Tributaries Left:
Pina, Yaselda, Tsna, Lan, Sluch, Ptsich, Braginka
Right:
Horyn, Stokhid, Styr, Turija, Ubort, Zhelon, Slovechna, Uzh Discharge Average rate:
377 m/s (13,300 cu ft/s) | ||
East of chernobyl and the pripyat river krasnoje village radioactive combine harvesters
The Pripyat River or Prypiat River (Ukrainian: Прип’ять Prypyat′, [ˈprɪpjɑtʲ]; Belarusian: Прыпяць Prypiać, [ˈprɨpʲat͡sʲ]; Polish: Prypeć, [ˈprɨpɛtɕ]; Russian: Припять Pripyat′, [ˈprʲipʲɪtʲ]) is a river in Eastern Europe, approximately 761 km (473 mi) long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper.
Contents
- East of chernobyl and the pripyat river krasnoje village radioactive combine harvesters
- Map of Prypyat river
- Pripyat river august 2013
- OverviewEdit
- Name etymologyEdit
- BooksEdit
- References
Map of Pryp'yat' river
Pripyat river august 2013
OverviewEdit
The Pripyat passes through the exclusion zone established around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The city of Prypiat, Ukraine (population 45,000) was completely evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster.
Pripyat has catchment area of 121,000 km2 (47,000 sq mi), 50,900 km2 (19,700 sq mi) of which are in Belarus. 495 km (308 mi) of the whole river length lies within territory of Belarus.
Name etymologyEdit
Max Vasmer in his etymological dictionary notes that the historical name of the river mentioned in the earliest East Slavic document, Primary Chronicle is Pripet (Припеть) and cites the opinion of other linguists that the name meant "tributary", comparing with Greek and Latin roots. He also rejects some opinions which were improperly based on the stem -пять, rather than original -петь.
It might also derive from the local word pripech used for a river with sandy banks.