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[[Image:VitRiveratToros.JPG|thumb|The Vit near [[Toros, Bulgaria|Toros]] during the [[2005 European floods]]]]
The '''Vit''' also '''Vid''' ([[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]: Вит) is a river in central northern [[Bulgaria]] with a length of 189 [[kilometre|km]]. The source of the Vit is in [[Stara Planina]], below [[Vezhen Peak]] at an altitude of 2,030 [[metre|m]], and it empties into the [[Danube]] close to [[Somovit]]. The river has a watershed area of 3,220 [[km²]], its main tributaries being Kamenska reka, Kalnik and Tuchenitsa.
Towns on the river include [[Teteven]], [[Pleven]], [[Dolni Dabnik]], [[Dolna Mitropoliya]] and [[Gulyantsi]].
The river's name comes from [[Thracian]] ''Utus'', a word for "water" (cf. IE *udes).
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