Editing Chernivtsi Oblast (section)

== Geography ==
Chernivtsi Oblast covers an area of {{cvt|8,097|km2}}. It is the [[List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by area|smallest oblast in Ukraine]], representing 1.3% of Ukrainian territory, and is only larger than the city of [[Kyiv]] itself.

In the oblast there are 75 rivers longer than 10 kilometers. The largest rivers are the [[Dniester]] (290&nbsp;km, in the Oblast), [[Prut]] (128&nbsp;km, in the Oblast) and [[Siret River|Siret]] (113&nbsp;km, in the Oblast).<ref name="ODA Geography">[http://oda.cv.ua/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=4&Itemid=42 About Oblast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503100557/http://oda.cv.ua/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=4&Itemid=42 |date=2008-05-03 }} Chernivtsi Oblast State Administration {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

The oblast covers three geographic zones: a [[forest steppe]] region between Prut and Dnister rivers, a [[foothill]] region between the [[Carpathian Mountains]] and Prut river, and a mountain region known as the [[Bukovina|Bukovinian]] part of the [[Carpathian Mountains]].<ref name="ODA Geography"/>

Chernivtsi Oblast is bordered by [[Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast]], [[Ternopil Oblast]], [[Khmelnytskyi Oblast]], [[Vinnytsia Oblast]], [[Romania]], and [[Moldova]]. Within the oblast the national border of Ukraine with Romania extends 226&nbsp;km, and with Moldova {{cvt|198|km}}.<ref name="ODA Geography"/>