Mukhavets
The Mukhavets (Belarusian: Мухаве́ц (Muchaviec), [muxaˈvʲets], BGN/PCGN romanization: Mukhavyets; Polish: Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus, a tributary to the Bug.
Mukhavets River | |
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Location | |
Country | Belarus |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of River Mukha and Viets Canal |
• location | Pruzhany, Belarus |
• coordinates | 52°33′48.96″N 24°27′8.28″E |
Mouth | Bug |
• location | Brest |
• coordinates | 52°4′52.11″N 23°39′8.5″E |
Length | 113 km (70 mi) |
Basin size | 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 33.6 m3/s (1,190 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Bug→ Narew→ Vistula→ Baltic Sea |
The river rises in Pruzhany, Belarus, where the Mukha river and the Viets canal converge, flows in the south-western Belarus and empties into the Bug River in Brest.
The river is 113 km long. The basin area is 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi).
The river is connected with the Dnieper river by the Dnieper–Bug Canal.
Tributaries
- Dakhlowka
- Zhabinka
- Trastsyanitsa
- Asipowka
- Ryta
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External links
Books
- (in Russian, English and Polish) Ye.N.Meshechko, A.A.Gorbatsky (2005) Belarusian Polesye: Tourist Transeuropean Water Mains, Minsk, Four Quarters
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