Vit 1233886 215802515 2008-05-29T19:51:05Z 80.168.225.111 Adding geodata: {{coord|43|41|N|24|45|E|display=title|region:BG_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}} :''This article is about a river in Bulgaria, for the educational institutes in India see [[Vellore Institute of Technology]] or [[Vishwakarma Institute of Technology]]'' [[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). {{Bulgaria-geo-stub}} {{Danube}} {{coord|43|41|N|24|45|E|display=title|region:BG_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}} [[Category:Rivers of Bulgaria]] [[Category:Tributaries of the Danube]] [[bg:Вит]] [[cs:Vit]] [[it:Vit]] [[nn:Vit]] [[ru:Вит]]