Styr

Styr
Native name	Стир / Стыр Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Location
Country	Ukraine, Belarus
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Mouth
• location	Pripyat River
Length	494 km (307 mi)
Basin size	13,100 km2 (5,100 sq mi)

The Styr River (Ukrainian: Стир; Belarusian: Стыр; Russian: Стырь) is right tributary of the Pripyat River, with a length of 494 km. Its basin area is 13,100 km².

The Styr River begins near Brody, in the Ukrainian Oblast of Lviv, then flows into the Rivne Oblast, Volyn Oblast, then into the Belarusian voblast of Brest where it finally flows into the Pripyat.

During 1915–1916, the Styr river was the front line between the Austro-Hungarian and Imperial Russian armies.

The river was also a barrier to the German invasion on June 22nd 1941 during Barbarossa on the South-Western Front.

Notable settlements located on the river are Lutsk, Staryi Chortoryisk and Varash.