The Vit also Vid (Template:Lang-bg; Template:Lang-la) is a river in central northern Bulgaria with a length of 189 km. It is a tributary of Danube. The source of the Vit is in Stara Planina, below Vezhen Peak at an altitude of 2,030 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).
43°41′N 24°45′E / 43.683°N 24.750°E
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