Rostavytsia River [Роставиця; Rostavycja]. (Map: Rostavytsia River.) A left-bank tributary of the Ros River that flows eastward through Vinnytsia oblast, Zhytomyr oblast, and Kyiv oblast. It is 116 km long and drains a basin area of 1,460 sq km. Its water is used for irrigation and industry.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 4 (1993).]


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