Yaselda

Yaselda
Yaselda river
Location
Country	Belarus
Region	Brest
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Pripyat
• coordinates	52.0934°N 26.4334°E / 52.0934; 26.4334
Length	242 km (150 mi)
Basin size	5,430 km2 (2,100 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Pripyat→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Yaselda (Belarusian: Ясельда, alternative transliteration Jasieĺda, [ˈjasʲelʲda], Polish: Jasiołda) is a river in Brest Region in south-west Belarus. It is linked via the Dnieper–Bug Canal to the city of Pinsk. It is a left tributary of the Pripyat. The Yaselda is connected to the Oginski Canal. It is 242 kilometres (150 mi) long, with a 5,430 square kilometres (2,100 sq mi) drainage basin.

Yaselda in literature

• The Slaughterman's Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits

External links

• Media related to Jasielda at Wikimedia Commons