The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth) is a 953 km (592 mi) long river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube. In part of its course, it forms Romanias border with Moldova and Ukraine.
The lowermost part of the basin is strongly marshy. The average discharge at its mouth is 110 m3/s (3,900 cu ft/s). The average discharge at the city of Leova is 69.2 m3/s (2,440 cu ft/s). The slope of the river varies from 100 m/km (near the source) to 0.05 m/km (near the mouth). In the upper reaches (to Delyatyn) it has a mountainous character, with a steep right bank, sometimes the cross-sectional profile of the channel has the form of a ridge. Near the city of Yaremche is the waterfall of Probiy.
