Pripet

Pripet
or Russian Pripyat' or Belarusian Prypyats' or Ukrainian Pryp'yat' geographical name river 500 miles (805 kilometers) E central Europe in NW Ukraine & S Belarus flowing E through the marshlands called Polesye (or Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper)

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  • Pripet — [prē′pyät΄y prē′pet] river in Ukraine & Belarus, flowing through a large, swampy basin (Pripet Marshes) into the Dnepr: c. 500 mi (805 km): Russ. name Pripyat [prē′pyät΄y ] …   English World dictionary

  • Pripet — (russ. Pripjat), rechter Nebenfluß des Dnjepr im westlichen Rußland, entspringt im Gouv. Wolynien, Kreis Wladimir, fließt durch den südlichen Teil des Gouv. Minsk, nimmt die Wasserschätze der großen, mit Urwäldern bedeckten, jetzt teilweise… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Prípet — (russ. Pripjat, poln. Przypiec), r. Nebenfluß des Dnjepr, entspringt im Gouv. Wolhynien, durchfließt die Wälder und Sümpfe des Poljessje (s.d.) und mündet nach 810 km; schiffbar von Pinsk an; verbunden mit dem Niemen durch den Oginskijschen Kanal …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Pripet — /prip it, et, pree pet/, n. a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 mi. (800 km) long. Russian, Pripyat /prddyee pyit/. Polish, Prypec. * * * …   Universalium

  • Pripet — Prip•et [[t]ˈprɪp ɪt, ɛt, ˈpri pɛt[/t]] n. geg a river in NW Ukraine and S Belorussia, flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 mi. (800 km) long. Russian, Pri•pyat [[t]ˈpryi pyɪt[/t]] …   From formal English to slang

  • Pripet — /ˈprɪpət/ (say pripuht) noun a river in eastern Europe, rising in Ukraine and flowing east then south east to the Dnieper through the extensive Pripet Marshes of Belarus. About 805 km. Also, Pripyat …  

  • Pripet — /prip it, et, pree pet/, n. a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 mi. (800 km) long. Russian, Pripyat /prddyee pyit/. Polish, Prypec …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pripet Marshes — an extensive wooded marshland in S Byelorussia (Belarus) and NW Ukraine. 33,500 sq. mi. (86,765 sq. km). * * * Vast marsh region, southern Belarus and northwestern Ukraine. The largest swamp of the European continent, the marshes lie in the… …   Universalium

  • Pripet River — Belarusian Prypyats River Ukrainian Pryp yat River River, northwestern Ukraine and southern Belarus. Rising in northwestern Ukraine near the Polish border, it flows east through the Pripet Marshes to Mazyr, then joins the Dnieper River in the… …   Universalium

  • Pripet — Prypjat Ukraine Nordwest/ Weißrussland mit dem Prypjat Der Prypjat (ukrainisch Прип ять, weißrussisch  …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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