Romen (river)

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River in Ukraine

Romen

Native name| Ромен (Ukrainian)
Location
Country| Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Chernihiv Oblast
Mouth| Sula

• coordinates

| 50°44′44″N 33°30′15″E﻿ / ﻿50.74556°N 33.50417°E﻿ / 50.74556; 33.50417
Length| 111 km (69 mi)
Basin size| 1,645 km2 (635 sq mi)
Discharge|
• average| 3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression| Sula→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Romen (Ukrainian: Ромен; Russian: Ромен) 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

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

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