Arva River

The Milcov is a right tributary of the river Putna in Vrancea County, eastern Romania. It flows through the towns and villages Andreiașu de Jos, Șindrilari, Mera, Broșteni, Odobești, Vârteșcoiu, Câmpineanca, Golești, Milcovul (Risipiți until 1964) and Răstoaca. It discharges into the Putna at Răstoaca. Its length is 79 km (49 mi) and its basin size is 444 km2 (171 sq mi). The city of Focșani used to lie on it. Due to floods, however, a new riverbed formed a few kilometers south of the city. In 1482, Stephen the Great declared the Milcov river as the boundary between his principality, Moldavia, and Wallachia to the south. In the 19th century, the river was perceived by unionists as a symbol of discord between Wallachia and Moldavia—see "Hora Unirii", a poem by Vasile Alecsandri. The Milcov border was dispensed with in 1859, when Wallachia and Moldavia came together to form the United Principalities.

Flows through: Romania.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.