TheSiret orSireth (Romanian:Siret,pronounced[siˈret];Ukrainian:Сірет orСерет;Hungarian:Szeret) is a river that rises from theCarpathians in the NorthernBukovina region ofUkraine, and flows southward intoRomania before it joins theDanube.[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 itsbasin 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 namedHierasus (Ancient Greek Ιερασός).
The Siret river hydrographic basin consists mainly of waters brought by theBistrița (about 26.8%),Trotuș (about 10%),Moldova (about 12.2%), andSuceava (about 12%) rivers.[5]
The river initially flows northward in the region of Northern Bukovina. The section of the river up to its confluence with the Siretul Mic (Malyi Seret) (near Suceveni (Sucheveny) village in the Adâncata district (Hlyboka Raion)) is called the Siretul Mare. The river is called Siret after its confluence with the Siretul Mic.
During July 2010,Gheorghe Flutur, president of the county council of Suceava, told theMediafax 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.[6] Later that day, the Siret river threatened to break through thedykes protecting the town ofȘendreni, as locals andemergency services reinforced the dykes with truckloads of sandbags to prevent the river breaking out and flooding the town.[6]
