Siret
Siret River at Mircești
Path of the Siret [1]
Location
Country	Ukraine, Romania
Counties/ Oblasts	Chernivtsi O., Botoșani C., Suceava C., Neamț C., Iași C., Bacău C., Vrancea C., Galați C.
Cities	Pașcani, Roman, Bacău, Galați
Physical characteristics
Source	Eastern Carpathians
• location	Chernivtsi O., Ukraine
• elevation	1,238 m (4,062 ft)
Mouth	Danube
• location	Galați
• coordinates	45°24′11″N 28°1′27″E / 45.40306°N 28.02417°E / 45.40306; 28.02417
Length	647 km (402 mi)
Basin size	44,811 km2 (17,302 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	250 m3/s (8,800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Bârlad
• right	Suceava, Moldova, Bistrița, Trotuș, Putna, Buzău

The Siret or Sireth (Ukrainian: Сірет or Серет, Romanian: Siret pronounced [siˈret], Hungarian: Szeret, Russian: Сирет) is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania before it joins the Danube.^[1][2] It is 647 km (402 mi) long,^[3]: 9 of which a 559 km (347 mi) section is in Romania,^{[2][3]: 9 [4]} and its basin area is 44,811 km² (17,302 sq mi),^[3]: 6 of which 42,890 km² (16,560 sq mi) in Romania.^{[2][3]: 6 [4]} Its average discharge is 250 m³/s (8,800 cu ft/s).^[3]: 15 In ancient times, it was named Hierasus (Ancient Greek Ιερασός).

Towns and villages

The following towns and villages are situated along the river Siret, from source to mouth: Berehomet, Storozhynets, Siret, Grămești, Zvoriștea, Liteni, Dolhasca, Pașcani, Stolniceni-Prăjescu, Roman, Bacău, Adjud, Mărășești and Galați.

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Siret (from source to mouth):^[2]

Left: Bahna (Mihăileni), Molnița, Bahna (Lozna), Gârla Sirețel, Gârla Huțanilor, Vorona, Pleșul, Turbata, Pietrosul, Sirețel, Stolniceni, Hărmănești, Pârâul Țigăncilor, Mihăili, Boca, Albuia, Rediu, Vulpășești, Pârâul Pietros, Țiganca, Icușești, Glodeni, Râpaș, Moara, Bogdănești, Valea Morii, Ulm, Racova, Tamași, Răcătău, Soci, Fulgeriș, Rogoza, Polocin, Lupa, Bârlad, Călmățui, Geru, Bârlădel, Rusca, Mălina and Cătușa.

Right: Malyi Seret, Găvan, Negostina, Pârâul Mare, Verehia, Baranca, Leahu, Stâncuța, Hănțești, Grigorești, Sălăgeni, Suceava, Șomuzul Mic, Șomuzul Mare, Pârâul lui Pulpa, Trestioara, Conțeasca, Ruja, Sodomeni, Valea Părului, Podul Turcului (Draga), Moldova, Valea Neagră, Turbata, Precista, Bistrița, Bahna, Valea Mare, Cleja (or Tocila), Răcăciuni, Drăgușeni, Scurta, Bolohan, Fântânele, Conțești, Trotuș, Valea Boului, Carecna, Câmpul, Zăbrăuț, Șușița, Gârla Morilor, Putna Seacă, Putna, Leica, Râmnicul Sărat and Buzău.

2010 floodings

During July 2010, Gheorghe Flutur, president of Suceava County, told the Mediafax news agency his region was one of the worst hit in the country on the morning of the 29th, as he coordinated local flood relief work in his stricken county.^[5] Later that day, the Siret river threatened to break through the dykes protecting the town of Șendreni, as locals and emergency services reinforced the dykes with truckloads of sandbags to prevent the river breaking out and flooding the town.^[5]