Prut

The Prut is a 953km long river in Eastern Europe. In part of its course it forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine.OverviewThe Pruth was known in antiquity as the Pyretus (Ancient Greek Πυρετός), Porata (possibly), Hierasus (Ιερασός) or Gerasius. It originates on the eastern slope of Mount Hoverla, in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine. The Prut flows southeast, eventually joining the Danube river near Giurgiulești, east of Galați.Between 1918 and 1939, the river was partly in Poland and partly in Greater Romania (Romanian: România Mare). After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, it became almost entirely Romanian. Prior to World War I, it served as a border between Romania and the Russian Empire. After World War II, the river once again demarcated a border, this time between Romania and the Soviet Union. Nowadays, for a length of 695 km, it forms the border between Romania and Moldova. It has a hydrographic basin of 27,500 km2, of which 10,990 km2 are in Romania and 7,790 km2 in Moldova. The largest city along its banks is Chernivtsi, Ukraine.