A major river of Eastern Europe, rising in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine and flowing south through Moldova to the Black Sea. Its lower course runs through the breakaway region of Transnistria, whose name derives from the river.
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Transnistria occupies most of the strip of land between the Dniester river and the Moldova-Ukraine border.
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Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester river and the Moldova-Ukraine border, as well as some land on the other side of the river's bank.
Dniester (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Rivers of Europe, lead paragraph: transboundary river in Eastern Europe, through Ukraine and Moldova
On Continent: Europe, Introduction
It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again.
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