Romen (river)

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{{Infobox river

| name = Romen

| native_name ={{native name|uk|Ромен}}

| image =

| image_caption =

| source1_location = Chernihiv Oblast

| mouth = Sula

| mouth_location =

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|44|44|N|33|30|15|E|region:UA_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Ukraine

| length = {{convert|111|km|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation =

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|3|m3/s|abbr=on}}

| basin_size = {{convert|1,645|km2|abbr=on}}

| progression = {{RSula}}

}}

The Romen ({{Langx|uk|Ромен}}; {{Langx|ru|Ромен}}) is a right tributary of the Sula with a length of 111 km and a drainage basin of 1,645 km². It begins in the northern Ukrainian Oblast of Chernihiv and flows into the Sula near the Sumy Oblast city of Romny. The average discharge quantity amounts to 3 m³/s at the delta.

The name is of Baltic origin, cognate with the Lithuanian romus ('quiet').E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 355.

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