{{More citations needed|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox river | name = Cheremosh | image = Черемош Вижницький.JPG | image_caption = Cheremosh in Vyzhnytsia Raion | source1_location = | mouth_location = Prut at Nepolokivtsi | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|48.3789|25.6206|display=inline,title}} | progression = {{RPrut}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Ukraine | length_km = 80 | tributaries_left = Chornyi Cheremosh | tributaries_right = Bilyi Cheremosh, Putylka | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }}
The '''Cheremosh River''' ({{Langx|uk|Черемош}}; {{Langx|ro|Ceremuș}}; {{Langx|pl|Czeremosz}}) is a river in western Ukraine, right-bank tributary of the river Prut.<ref name=encyc_ukr/>
==Description== It is formed by confluence of two upper streams of the river ''Bilyi Cheremosh'' (White Cheremosh) and ''Chornyi Cheremosh'' (Black Cheremosh) near the village Usteriky (Verkhovyna Raion) and has a length of {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name=encyc_ukr/><ref>[http://studiamsu.eu/wp-content/uploads/05.P.25-29.pdf Evaluarea hidrologică a bazinului r. Prut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712200819/http://studiamsu.eu/wp-content/uploads/05.P.25-29.pdf |date=2018-07-12 }}, L. Chirică</ref> Chornyi Cheremosh is 87 km long with a basin of 856 km<sup>2</sup> and Bilyi Cheremosh is 61 km long with a basin of 606 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=encyc_ukr>[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CC%5CH%5CCheremoshRiver.htm Cheremosh River] at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine</ref> The river starts in the Carpathian Mountains and flows roughly SW to NE. It leaves the ''Bukovina Obchinas'' (a mountain range in Outer Eastern Carpathians stretching to Ukraine and Romania) to the river's right, and the historic subregion of Pokuttia to the river's left side.
It flows along the borderline of the historic regions of Bukovina and Galicia.<ref name=encyc_ukr/> In the Middle Ages and the early modern era, it was part of the borderline between the Principality of Moldavia and Kingdom of Poland. During the first half of the 20th century, it also acted as the border between Romania and Poland. Currently, it runs along the borderline between the Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi Oblasts.<ref name=encyc_ukr/>
Both banks in the upper part of the river are inhabited by Hutsuls.
== Gallery == <gallery> Черемоський іхтіологічний заказник.JPG| Cheremosh (2).JPG| Cheremosh (3).JPG| Вид на Черемош.jpg| Chornyi cheremosh.JPG|Chornyi Cheremosh Річка Черемош 3.jpg| Повноводний Черемош.jpg| Річка Черемош 2.jpg| </gallery>
==External links== * [http://www.tourclub.com.ua/en/info/local-lore/cheremosh/cheremosh_water_routes Water routes on Cheremosh river] * [http://www.tourclub.com.ua/en/info/other/pro-aktivni-tury/rafting-na-cheremoshe-v-karpatah-na-ukraine Rafting on Cheremosh river]
==Towns in basin== * Verkhovyna * Kuty * Vyzhnytsya * Vashkivtsi
==See also== *Pokuttya *Bukovina *Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company, named for the river
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Bukovina Category:Rivers of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Category:Rivers of Chernivtsi Oblast Category:Tributaries of the Prut Category:Poland–Romania border