The Sluch or Northern Sluch (Belarusian: Случ, Паўночная Случ; Russian: Случь, Северная Случь; Lithuanian: Slučė, Šiaurinė Slučė; Slovak: Sluč, Severní Sluč) is a river in Belarus. Rising in Minsk Oblast, it flows past the cities of Salihorsk and Slutsk, finally emptying into the Pripyat. It is 228 kilometres (142 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,260 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi).[1]
| Sluch | |
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| Native name | Случ/ Паўночная Случ (Belarusian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Belarus |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Minsk Oblast |
| Mouth | Pripyat |
• coordinates | 52°08′15″N 27°31′30″E / 52.1375°N 27.525°E |
| Length | 228 km (142 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,260 km2 (2,030 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 20.3 m3/s (720 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Pripyat→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea |
The Moroch River (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the Kopyl' Ridge.[2] Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.[3]
See also
edit- Sluch (Ukraine), or Southern Sluch
References
edit- ^ Случь (река, приток р. Припять), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Морочь, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Borzecki, Jerzy (2008). The Soviet-Polish Peace of 1921 and the Creation of Interwar Europe. Yale University Press. p. 293. ISBN 9780300145014.