Siret River

Siret River

The Siret or Sireth (Ukrainian: Сірет or Серет, Romanian: Siret, Hungarian: Szeret, Russian: Сирет) is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins the Danube. In ancient times, it was named Hierasus.

Read more about Siret River:  Towns and Villages, Tributaries, 2010 Floodings

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