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Suceava River

160 km from source to mouth · Romania and Ukraine.

RomaniaUkraineRomania and UkraineFlows into Siret River

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SourceMouth
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

160km

Average flow

20m³/s

Basin

3,300km²

Drop

571m

from 800 m to 229 m

Countries

2

The journey

From source to mouth

160 km of river and 18 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

800 m229 m
Sourceat 800 m0 km
Brodina3,654 people32 km
Straja5,304 people44 km
Vicovu de Sus14,077 people55 km
Gălăneşti6,211 people67 km
Dorneşti4,371 people88 km
Sucevița Rivertributary96 km
Hatnuța Rivertributary111 km
Scheia7,533 people126 km
Vereşti7,089 people145 km
Siret Riverat 229 m160 km
050100160 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 800 m
  2. 1 kmSuchavskyi Huk
  3. 32 kmBrodina3,654 people
  4. 44 kmStraja5,304 people
  5. 55 kmVicovu de Sus14,077 people
  6. 60 kmVicovu de Jos5,956 people
  7. 62 kmBilca3,460 people
  8. 67 kmGălăneşti6,211 people
  9. 72 kmFrătăuţii Noi5,512 people
  10. 77 kmFrătăuţii Vechi4,635 people
  11. 88 kmDorneşti4,371 people
  12. 93 kmSatu Mare4,091 people
  13. 96 kmSucevița Rivertributary
  14. 99 kmMilişăuţi8,399 people
  15. 111 kmHatnuța Rivertributary
  16. 111 kmSoloneț Rivertributary
  17. 126 kmScheia7,533 people
  18. 145 kmVereşti7,089 people
  19. 158 kmLiteni4,410 people
  20. 160 kmSiret Riverat 229 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in Romania

At the mouth it carries 20 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 124 seconds. It drops from 800 m to 229 m, 3.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,300 km², about the size of CV. 334,000 people live in it. Highest water: March and from June to July; lowest: from December to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (2.9% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

Suceava River, month by month

Highest water: March and from June to July

Lowest water: from December to February. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): January. Best months to visit: May and from July to September.

9.0
-5°25 mmJan
7.0
-3°25 mmFeb
61
2°27 mmMar
52
9°52 mmApr
50
14°76 mmMay
56
17°99 mmJun
57
19°94 mmJul
45
18°65 mmAug
34
14°47 mmSep
26
9°32 mmOct
26
3°30 mmNov
14
-2°27 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 7.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 61 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

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Suceava River: the basin in numbers

2,630 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Lightly regulatedReservoirs can hold 2.9% of a year's flow.
  • 334,000people live in the basin
  • 127/km²people per km²
  • 591maverage altitude of the basin
  • 672mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 6.9°Caverage air temperature
  • 1%protected areas
  • 0.0km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 48% Forest
  • 30% Cropland
  • 21% Pasture
  • 6% 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

Suceava River: what you find on the way

  • 3Dams
  • 2Weirs
  • 1Waterfalls

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Suceava 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.

  • 1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
  • 4mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Waterfalls (1)

On the river, by Cascadyas

  1. Suchavskyi Hukkm 1

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Mountains at the source (4)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Yarovytsia11 km away1,574m
  2. Tomnatyk8.3 km away
  3. Gora Ropechel13 km away
  4. Fluturica15 km away

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Suceava River: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Suceava River: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth10 km across

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

Suceava River in pictures

Râul Suceava
Cezar Suceveanu · CC BY 3.0
Andrasfalva Suceava (1)
Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0
Andrasfalva Suceava (2)
Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0
Confluența celor doua râuri, râul Suceava se varsă în râul Siret la Liteni, foto Ionel Curcan (2)
Curcan ionel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

Siret RiverRomaniaRomania740 km230 m³/s

Tributaries (26)

Also: Bilca Mare, Falcău, Caraula River, Climăuț, Ruda River, Sadău, Hatnuța River, Târnauca, Pozen River, Sucevița River, Soloneț River, Brodina River, Mitocu River, Putna River, Cobilioara, Ruska, Ilișești River, Horait River, Solca River, Voitinel River, Rapochiv, Horbanievskyi, Ulma, Shykova

In the same basin

DanubeRomaniaRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/sTiszaSerbiaSerbia966 km800 m³/sSavaSerbiaSerbia945 km1,700 m³/sDravaCroatiaCroatia720 km620 m³/sInnGermanyGermany517 km740 m³/sPrutMoldovaMoldova953 km120 m³/sIsarGermanyGermany292 km170 m³/sMoravaAustriaAustria388 km110 m³/sDrinaSerbiaSerbia346 km120 m³/sOlt RiverRomaniaRomania615 km170 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

Moldova RiverRomaniaRomania205 km32 m³/s75 km awayZbruchUkraineUkraine247 km230 m³/s115 km awayBistrița RiverRomaniaRomania272 km66 m³/s119 km awaySmotrych RiverUkraineUkraine168 km4.0 m³/s116 km awayCheremosh RiverUkraineUkraine80 km27 m³/s118 km awayJijia RiverRomaniaRomania275 km160 m³/s135 km awaySeretUkraineUkraine242 km12 m³/s133 km awayRăutMoldovaMoldova286 km320 m³/s199 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q1415681) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesCascadyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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