What is Pripyat (river)?
{{Infobox river | name = Pripyat River | image = The Pripyat River (02710031).jpg | image_caption = Pripyat River | map = Bo-map.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Map displaying the course of the river, flowing eastward through southern [[Belarus]] through the cities of [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]], [[Pinsk]] and [[Mazyr]] | source1_location = [[Ukraine]] | mouth_location = [[Dnieper]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]] | length = {{convert|761|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|377|m3/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|121000|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = [[Pina River|Pina]], [[Yaselda River|Yaselda]], [[Tsna River (Pripyat)|Tsna]], [[Lan River|Lan]], [[Sluch River (Belarus)|Sluch]], [[Ptsich]], [[Braginka River|Braginka]] | tributaries_right = [[Turija River|Turija]], [[Stokhid River|Stokhid]], [[Styr River|Styr]], [[Horyn River|Horyn]], [[Ubort River|Ubort]], [[Zhelon]], [[Slovechna]], [[Uzh River (Northern Ukraine)|Uzh]] }} The '''Pripyat River''' or '''Prypiat River''' is a river in [[Eastern Europe]]. It is about {{convert|710|km|mi|abbr=on}} long. It flows east through [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]], and Ukraine again. It drains into the [[Dnieper]]. The Pripyat passes through the [[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone|zone of alienation]] around the [[Chernobyl]] reactor, site of the [[Chernobyl disaster|nuclear disaster]]. It is polluted with [[radionuclide]]s. The amount of [[caesium-137]] in river sediments continues to go up. The city of [[Prypiat, Ukraine]] (population 45,000) was completely evacuated after the Chernobyl disaster. [[Image:Mazyr4.JPG|thumb|250px|Pripyat River at Mazyr, Belarus]] ==Tributaries== * [[Horyn River]] (''659&nbsp;km; 22,700&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>'') ** [[SSluch River (Ukraine)|Sluch]] (''451&nbsp;km; 13,800&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>'') {{commonscat-inline|Prypyat River}} {{Dnieper River}} {{europe-st