Svislach River
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| Svislach River | |
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 Svislach in downtown Minsk |
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| Origin | Belarus |
| Mouth | Berezina |
| Basin countries | Belarus |
| Length | 327 km (203 mi) |
| Source elevation | |
| Avg. discharge | 30 m³/s (1,060 ft³/s) |
| Basin area | 5,160 km² (1,992 mi²) |
See also: Śvisłač (disambiguation)
Svislach (Belarusian: Свíслач, Сьвíслач, Śvísłač, pronounced [ˈsʲvʲisɫatʂ] (
listen)) or Svisloch (Russian: Сви́слочь) is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of the Biarezina river. It is 327 km in length. The name is derived from the root -visl- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin (compare the Vistula River).[1]
Svislach flows through Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
[edit] References
- ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 372.
[edit] External links
Media related to Svislach River at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to Coordinates: 53°54′39″N 27°33′14″E / 53.91083°N 27.55389°E
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