The Ūla (Belarusian: Ула) is a river which starts in northern Belarus and flows into the Merkys river, in southern Lithuania.[1] It flows in a generally northwesterly direction.
| Ūla | |
|---|---|
 A bend in the river Ūla | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania and Belarus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Grodno Region |
| Mouth | Merkys |
• coordinates | 54°09′50″N 24°20′11″E / 54.16389°N 24.33639°E |
| Length | 84 km (52 mi) |
| Basin size | 753 km2 (291 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 5.58 m3/s (197 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Merkys→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
It starts as a confluence of two channeled rivers, Provozha (Провожа) and Luchka (Лучка) by the Padeyki village.[2] From Luchka to Dubičiai it is known as Pelesa (Padzeyka in Belarus).[3] Its total length is 84 km,[4] of which 13,5 km are in Voranava District, Grodno Region, Belarus, 3 km are along the Belarus-Lithuania border, the rest is in Varėna District, Lithuania, of which part flows through the Ūla Landscape Reserve and then in the Dzūkija National Park. It flows into the Merkys near Paūliai.[1]
See also
edit- Kotra (river), the case of Pelyasa/Pelesa river bifurcation.
References
edit- ^ a b Ūla, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
- ^ The Nature of Belarus, vol. 2 "Climate and Water", 2009, p. 458
- ^ Таблица Г.1.1 – Общая характеристика речной сети Гродненской области
- ^ Note: Sources may have discrepancies in the values of lengths, because some of them, such as the Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia, consider Luchka (of length 11 km.) part of Ūla.