Teresva River

The Teresva forms in Ust-Chorna, where the Mokrianka and Brusturianka meet, and flows south through Dubove, Kalyny, Hanychi and Neresnytsia to the town of Teresva, where it joins the Tysa. Measured from its longest headstream, the Turbatskyi brook, the river is over 90 km long. It is a fast mountain river with clean water; there are waterfalls in the upper course, and Mount Apetska gives a view over the valley.

• Length: 56 km (90.8 km with the Brusturianka)
• Basin area: 1,225 km²
• Source: confluence of the Mokrianka and Brusturianka in Ust-Chorna
• Mouth: the Tysa near the town of Teresva

On the Teresva’s tributaries — the Mala and Velyka Uholka and the Luzhanka — lies the Uholka–Shyrokyi Luh massif of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve with its primeval beech forests. A narrow-gauge railway once ran along the valley from Teresva to Ust-Chorna; almost nothing of it remains today.

Ichthyologists have recorded 42 fish species and one lamprey in the Teresva. Brown trout are among the most numerous fish in the upper course and tributaries; lower down anglers catch chub, and in the lower course pike and perch. Danube salmon, grayling, barbel and nase are in the Red Book. The spawning ban runs from 25 March to 15 May, but on two stretches near Neresnytsia and Dubove the patrol allowed bank fishing. Details are in the fishing section. All the region’s waters are on the Fishing in the Carpathians page.

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