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Romen (river)

Coordinates: 50°44′44″N 33°30′15″E / 50.74556°N 33.50417°E / 50.74556; 33.50417
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Romen
Map
Native nameРомен (Ukrainian)
Location
CountryUkraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChernihiv Oblast
MouthSula
 • coordinates
50°44′44″N 33°30′15″E / 50.74556°N 33.50417°E / 50.74556; 33.50417
Length111 km (69 mi)
Basin size1,645 km2 (635 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionSulaDnieperDnieper–Bug estuaryBlack Sea

The Romen (Template:Lang-uk; Template:Lang-ru) is a right tributary of the Sula with a length of 111 km and a drainage basin of 1,645 km². It begins in the northern Ukrainian Oblast of Chernihiv and flows into the Sula near the Sumy Oblast city of Romny. The average discharge quantity amounts to 3 m³/s at the delta.

The name is of Baltic origin, cognate with the Lithuanian romus ('quiet').[1]

References

  1. ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 355.