River
Pripyat River
775 km from source to mouth · Ukraine and Belarus.
Ukraine and BelarusFlows into Dnieper5th longest in Ukraine
In numbers
Length
775km
Average flow
460m³/s
Basin
114,300km²
Drop
65m
from 163 m to 98 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
775 km of river and 45 stops on the way: 5 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmRohovi Smoliariat 163 m
- 30 kmOzero Ostrovnoye (lanaw sa Ukranya)0.3 km²
- 31 kmOzero Pisochne2.6 km²
- 35 kmOzero Domashne1.4 km²
- 53 kmOzero Cherskoye0.3 km²
- 62 kmRatne9,657 people
- 70 kmVyzhivkatributary
- 96 kmTuriyatributary
- 134 kmHirky778 people
- 150 kmLubiaż (jezioro)5.1 km²
- 162 kmStokhid Rivertributary
- 227 kmHornava0.3 km²
- 234 kmPinatributary
- 249 kmJasieĺda Rivertributary
- 258 kmStyr Rivertributary
- 274 kmBobryk 1tributary
- 300 kmTsna Rivertributary
- 302 kmSmierdźtributary
- 321 kmHoryntributary
- 323 kmLan Rivertributary
- 347 kmSlučtributary
- 357 kmStvigatributary
- 378 kmBridges in Žytkavičy District
- 387 kmSkrypіcatributary
- 402 kmSvіnavodtributary
- 443 kmUborttributary
- 446 kmPetrikov10,278 people
- 464 kmBobryk 2tributary
- 470 kmSkalodzinatributary
- 491 kmPcičtributary
- 506 kmTremliatributary
- 527 kmIpatributary
- 527 kmNienačtributary
- 532 kmMazyr104,302 people
- 532 kmOld Bridge, Mazyr
- 540 kmZakovankatributary
- 559 kmBujač0.5 km²
- 573 kmNarovlya8,388 people
- 581 kmOzero Lomysh0.5 km²
- 588 kmMytvatributary
- 594 kmLittle Turiatributary
- 595 kmVićtributary
- 608 kmSlovechnatributary
- 631 kmZhelontributary
- 694 kmUzhtributary
- 716 kmBrahinkatributary
- 775 kmDnieperat 98 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Belarus and Ukraine
At the mouth it carries 460 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 5.4 seconds. It drops from 163 m to 98 m, 0.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 114,300 km², about the size of BJ. 4.5 million people live in it. Highest water: from June to July; lowest: from January to March. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- MazyrLargest city on its banks · 104,302 people
- Gomel Airport (GME)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 132 km from the cityCar hire at KBP airport (Boryspil)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water26 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Pripyat River, month by month
Highest water: from June to July
Lowest water: from January to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 350 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,300 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Pripyat River: the basin in numbers
119,849 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 4.5millionpeople live in the basin
- 38/km²people per km²
- 176maverage altitude of the basin
- 619mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 7.0°Caverage air temperature
- 6%protected areas
- 0.5%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 32% Forest
- 31% Cropland
- 12% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Pripyat River: what you find on the way
- 5Weirs
- 7Locks
- 1Waterfalls
- 4Boat ramps
- 14Ferry piersPripyat Ferry Terminal, Ferry Terminal and 12 more
- 8MarinasPryp'iat' Cargo Port and 7 more
- 5River beaches
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Pripyat River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
8lakes on its wayLakeyas
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (8)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Ozero Ostrovnoye (lanaw sa Ukranya)km 280.3km²
- Ozero Pisochnekm 292.6km²
- Ozero Domashnekm 321.4km²
- Ozero Cherskoyekm 490.3km²
- Lubiaż (jezioro)km 1385.1km²
- Hornavakm 2100.3km²
- Bujačkm 5170.5km²
- Ozero Lomyshkm 5360.5km²
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Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Gora Kostyushki12 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Pripyat River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
DnieperUkraine2,285 km1,700 m³/sTributaries (38)
Belarus659 km110 m³/sjoins at km 297Styr RiverBelarus494 km50 m³/sjoins at km 238PcičBelarus421 km48 m³/sjoins at km 454UbortBelarus292 km23 m³/sjoins at km 410UzhUkraine256 km520 m³/sjoins at km 641Jasieĺda RiverBelarus250 km36 m³/sjoins at km 230SlučBelarus228 km20 m³/sjoins at km 321Also: Pina, Turiya, Slovechna, Lan River, Stokhid River, Zhelon, Stviga, Tsna River, Brahinka, Bobryk 1, Ipa, Vić, Skrypіca, Vyzhivka, Mytva, Bobryk 2, Smierdź, Tremlia, Zakovanka, Svіnavod, Skalodzina, Naravlyanka, Nienač, Little Turia
In the same basin
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q157042) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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